EEV: Reposted from our HRR site PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 29-Mar-2014 Too many diet drinks may spell heart trouble for older women Largest study of its kind looks at diet drinks and cardiovascular outcomes, mortality It appears healthy postmenopausal women… Read More ›
Women’s Health Initiative
Multivitamins with minerals may protect older women with invasive breast cancer
Contact: Deirdre Branley sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-3101 Albert Einstein College of Medicine October 9, 2013 — (BRONX, NY) — Findings from a study involving thousands of postmenopausal women suggest that women who develop invasive breast cancer may benefit from taking supplements containing… Read More ›
Antihypertensives linked with increased breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women
Contact: Kristen Woodward media@fhcrc.org 206-667-2210 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Calcium-channel blockers in particular are associated with significantly increased risk SEATTLE – Older women who take certain types of medication to combat high blood pressure may be putting themselves at… Read More ›
83 percent of radiologists did not report seeing the LARGE gorilla in a lung nodule detection task
Contact: Jessica Maki jmaki3@partners.org 617-534-1603 Brigham and Women’s Hospital If you’re not looking for it, you probably won’t see it Brigham and Women’s Hospital study examines sustained inattentional blindness in expert observers Boston—If you were working on something at your… Read More ›
