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Antibiotics and breast cancer.(Goodnews: essential natural health news)(Brief Article)

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Serious implications flow from a new study linking antibiotic use with a 100 percent increased risk of breast cancer. For perspective, the increased risk of breast cancer from hormone replacement therapy found in the Women's Health Initiative study--which unsettled doctors and patients alike--represented only a 20 percent higher risk.

Among 2,266 women with breast cancer, use of antibiotics was notably greater than among another 7, 953 women without breast cancer. And the higher risk of breast cancer was evident for various antibiotic classes. It's difficult to ascertain without ...

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