Hormone use and Breast Cancer

Breast cancer research shows that long-term use of any hormones is risky.  A new study tracked the health of about 60,000 nurses and found that use of any kind of hormones for 10 years or more slightly raised the chances of developing breast cancer.   Dr, Wendy

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Bug juice, anyone????

Strawberry is not my favorite flavor, being a chocolate girl myself.  However, should I want to buy, say a Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino from Starbucks, I certainly would assume that the pink coloring and the strawberry flavoring were from strawberries.  Now, I would hope that the berries

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Death care vs Health care

I have heard it said that the US has a system of ‘death care’ rather than ‘health care.’   Reading a report that Lung Cancer screening is effective and fairly inexpensive (as compared to breast and cervical screenings), but not picked up as a covered service by

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X-Rays tied to brain tumors

If you are like me, you dislike going to the dentist.  My emotion is more akin to hate going to the dentist.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love my dentist, just hate the procedures that I have to go through.   My mother was very consistent with

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