Morning People Have Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Body fat levels linked to breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women NAOMI THOMAS | CNN CNN – Older women with excess body fat, even if they have what’s considered a normal body-mass index, could be at greater risk for breast cancer, according to a study published Thursday in the medical journal JAMA Oncology. “We do find that excess […]

Digital Mammograms Could Also Reveal Heart Disease Risk

There is no routine screening test for heart disease. But maybe we don’t need one. Reuters | by Marilynn Larkin Reuters Health – Mammograms performed to check the health of the breasts could also give clues to the health of the heart, researchers say. That’s because the amount of calcium in the arteries of the […]