Dear Pharmacist, Is it safe for me to take calcium supplements? You said on facebook that they might increase heart problems. Why is that? --.N.R., Seattle, Washington
So-called aromatase inhibitors cut risk of developing breast cancer by more than half in new study
The writer recounts how his sister struggled with breast cancer before succumbing to the disease.
Mary Jane McCarty was having her regular physical exam in November 2006 when her primary care physician, Carol Azar, said she thought she felt something in Ms. McCarty's neck. Dr. Azar sent Ms. McCarty, 59, of Forest Hills, right from her office to have an ultrasound, and that same afternoon she called to confirm that there was indeed something in her neck that would require a biopsy.
Here, with the help of medical experts, we look at more of the surprising health problems a simple look in the mirror could reveal...
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