Following 52,000 women in the Black Women's Health Study for 12 years, researchers found no overall link between fruit and vegetable intake and breast cancer, but women eating two or more vegetable servings a day had 43 percent lower risk of ER-negative, PR-negative tumors.
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Miscellaneous
FDA: Anti-Osteoporosis Bisphosphonates Linked to Leg Fracture
The FDA warned on October 13 that osteoporosis bisphosphonates including Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva and Reclast may raise the risk of atypical thigh-bone fracture, while saying it remains uncertain whether the drugs cause it. Labels and Medication Guides must now carry the risk.
Obesity
Short Sleep Duration Linked to Obesity, but Why?
Tracking 1,930 U.S. children over five years, researchers found too little nighttime sleep in infants and preschoolers predicted later overweight or obesity, while among older children only sleep at follow-up tracked with weight gain. Napping did not substitute. The study is observational.
Healthcare
Medicare now covers smoking cessation as a preventative measure
HHS announced on August 27 that Medicare will cover tobacco cessation counseling for all beneficiaries who smoke, not only those already being treated for a smoking-related illness. The expanded coverage is mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
Food
Eating eggs, breastfeeding affect risk of diabetes mellitus (type 2)
Women who never breastfed were nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes as those who did, in a study of 2,233 women aged 40 to 78. A separate Harvard analysis of two large trials found diabetes risk rose with the number of eggs eaten.
Diabetes
Breastfeeding cuts risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Among 2,233 women aged 40 to 78, those who never breastfed were almost twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as those who breastfed at least a month, with 27 percent of the non-breastfeeding group affected. Researchers point to belly fat as a possible link.
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