The news about fat and breast cancer may be wrong; there is still persuasive evidence that a high-fat diet is risky

Article Abstract:

An eight-year study that indicates that low-fat, high-fiber diets may not protect women against breast cancer may be inconclusive. The results of the study, led by Walter C. Willet and reported in the New York Times, may be misleading because the subjects did not consume a diet that was truly low in fat.

Research, Breast cancer, Diet, Diet in disease, Willet, Walter C.

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Ultrasound meets the breast

Article Abstract:

The FDA has approved the use of ultrasound imaging in detecting and distinguishing benign from malignant breast lumps. Ultrasound exams, which cost from $75 to $300, are much cheaper and safer than the core needle or surgical biopsies that women have so far believed to be the sole solution.

Ultrasound imaging, Diagnosis, Breast tumors

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Hepatitis B is back

Article Abstract:

Hepatitis B kills 5,000 to 6,000 American each year even though an effective vaccine has been available since the early 1980s. Hepatitis B is a potentially fatal liver infection that is usually transmitted sexually or through intravenous drug use.

Sexually transmitted diseases, Prevention, Hepatitis B, Sexually transmitted disease prevention

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