Did You Know? Life Traumas Linked to Breast Cancer
Posted on: September 17, 2008

Severe life events may increase the risk for breast cancer in younger women, according to a new study by researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University. The study found a positive correlation between exposure to more than one adverse factor – such as the loss of a parent, or separation from a spouse – and breast cancer in women under 45. Read more in the Times Colonist (Victoria) and the blog Healthsifter by mary pinkowish.

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