Call to Ban BPA Baby Bottle After ‘compelling’ Breast Cancer Link.

Baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol A should be banned because there is "compelling" evidence linking it to breast cancer risk, British campaigners, scientists and health charities said.

Breast Tenderness From Hormone Replacement Points to Higher Breast Cancer Risk

UCLA.edu – Women who developed new-onset breast tenderness after starting estrogen plus progestin hormone replacement therapy were at significantly higher risk for developing breast cancer than women on the combination therapy who didn’t experience...

Nearly Any Lifetime Smoking Ups Breast Cancer Risk.

Women taking the next puff of a cigarette might consider this: smoking 100 or more cigarettes may substantially increase their odds of developing breast cancer, researchers report.

Breastfeeding Lowers Familial Breast Cancer Risk 59 Percent

Women with a family history of breast cancer were 59 percent less likely to develop breast cancer themselves if they breastfed their children, according to a new breastfeeding history study. “This is good news for women with a family history of breast...

Intermittent Calorie Restriction Promising for Dramatically Reducing Breast Cancer Risk

AACR.org – For breast cancer prevention, how you eat may be just as important as how much you eat, if mice studies are any clue. Cancer researchers have long studied the role of diet on breast cancer risk, but results to date have been mixed. New...

Curcumin Spice May Lower Breast Cancer Risk From HRT

Missouri.edu – Curcumin supplementation may one day accompany recommendations for HRT. Previous studies have found that post-menopausal women who have taken a combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy have increased their risk...

Breast Cancer Risk Lower in Migraine Sufferers.

In a study of more than 9,000 people, Dr. Christopher I. Li of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and his colleagues found that those with a history of migraines were 26% less likely to develop breast cancer.

Red Meat Not a Breast Cancer Risk Factor in Post-menopausal Women

AECOM.yu.edu – Eating red meat or white meat, including meat cooked at high temperatures, does not increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to a large study conducted by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine...

Red Meat Not a Breast Cancer Risk Factor in Post-menopausal Women

AECOM.yu.edu – Eating red meat or white meat, including meat cooked at high temperatures, does not increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to a large study conducted by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine...

Smoking – Even Second-hand – Increases Breast Cancer Risk.

Young women who smoke – as well as those who are routinely exposed to second-hand smoke – face a significantly higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life, according to a new study.