Hormones can raise breast cancer risk
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_on_he_me/hormones_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070418/capt.b9b447e1a0234459b0455855ce77e645.hormones_cancer_nyol979.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=lXXt2FGr2lkxK1NGqJ7Yww--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="New government numbers give some of the strongest evidence yet that menopause hormones can raise the risk of breast cancer. Rates of the disease leveled off in 2004 after plunging in 2003, the year after millions of women stopped taking hormones because a big study tied them to higher heart, stroke and breast cancer risks. (AP GRAPHIC)" border="0" /></a>AP - Research on two continents signaled more bad news for menopause hormones, offering the strongest evidence yet that they can raise the risk of breast cancer and are tied to a slightly higher risk of ovarian cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>

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