Study: Antibiotics May Double Women's Cancer Risk !!!!!

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Study: Antibiotics May Double Women's Cancer Risk

 

 

 

Scientists Study Heavy Usage Among 10,000 Patients

 

UPDATED: 5:32 PM CST February 16, 2004

 

 

DALLAS -- A new study of more than 10,000 women found those who took

antibiotics for more than 500 days had twice the risk of breast cancer as those

who

had taken no antibiotics.

 

According to doctors, it's too early to draw conclusions, and they are quick

to add that all antibiotics are not suspect. But they are urging more

research to evaluate the new findings.

 

Dr. David Euhus, of the University of Texas Southwestern Center for Breast

Care, said the study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association

presented startling findings.

 

 

" The actual risk was about a twofold increase between women who never used

antibiotics and women who used 50 prescriptions, " Euhus said.

 

That many prescriptions is considered heavy antibiotic use, and the

association's study found that women who had more than 25 prescriptions during a

period

of 17 years were at increased risk.

 

For women who took the medicine less often, the risk was much smaller.

 

The new research came as a shock to patients like Joan Dressler, who not only

takes antibiotics regularly, but also has a family history of breast cancer.

 

" My goodness. I've been doing this for 30 years, and I'm not sure what that

exactly means, " she said of the findings.

 

Her questions have yet to be answered by researchers.

 

" It's very important to note that we can't say from this study that

antibiotics actually caused the increased breast cancer risk, " researcher

Christine

Velicer said.

 

Health experts warn that the study shouldn't be used to set health policy,

but that it should prompt more research.

 

" Is it the antibiotics causing the breast cancer, or is it the infection, or

the woman's own immune system that made the antibiotics necessary? Is that

what's causing the breast cancer? " Euhus said.

 

The current theory, according to researchers, is that antibiotics may

increase the risk of breast cancer by interfering with the body's immune

response to

infection.

 

However, for the time being, health experts urge women who routinely take

antibiotics to talk with their doctors about the risks and benefits.

 

More details on the study are available on JAMA's Web site at the link below.

 

 

http://www.nbc5i.com/health/2850926/detail.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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, Shirl4116@a...

wrote: Study: Antibiotics May Double Women's Cancer Risk

> Scientists Study Heavy Usage Among 10,000 Patients

> UPDATED: 5:32 PM CST February 16, 2004

>

> DALLAS -- A new study of more than 10,000 women found those who

took antibiotics for more than 500 days had twice the risk of

breast cancer as those who had taken no antibiotics

 

Dr. David Euhus, of the University of Texas Southwestern Center for

BreastCare, said the study in this week's Journal of the American

Medical Association presented startling findings

 

http://www.nbc5i.com/health/2850926/detail.html

 

 

Good Morning,

 

These 'startling findings' have been out before and been

thoroughly disregarded!! Although I find this article very troubling

and would be the first to

agree that all allopathic drugs due to their chemical nature are a

very large part of the cancer 'epidemic', in my opinion there is yet

another drug which is more closely linked to breast cancer than

frequent use of antibiotics!

 

Close to a decade or more ago, there was a warning issued over the

 

internet regarding specific drugs which are used to dry up mother's

 

milk (yes, the little white pill they give you the morning

 

after).

 

At that time the warnings were all over the web.

I have since discovered that these websites no longer exist and the

 

warnings have been conveniently hushed up.

 

As we all know there is no truth in the media. In the light of what

 

happened with the previous warnings I am really quite shocked to

that this one would be allowed to surface at all!

 

I thought this was an opportune time to reiterate previous

warnings as well!

 

If you are a woman, just had a child and are not breast

feeding...Please!!...do not take the little white pill to dry up

your

breasts, rather let it dry up NATURALLY!! Regardless of what you've

been told it will do this and in a very short time

 

It MAY VERY WELL SAVE YOUR LIFE! I know I know, the eagle eyes are

upon you, however it is time that we learn to stand up for our

rights as women! There is a vital link to these drugs and we must

not let it pass unnoticed!

 

Hugs and Bright Blessings!

JoAnn