New study firmly ties hormone use to breast cancer

December 14th, 2008 in Medicine & Health / Cancer

(AP) -- Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular pills.

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