Racial discrimination tied to breast cancer risk

Racial discrimination tied to breast cancer risk
Reuters ^ | 07/05/07 | staff

Posted on 07/05/2007 12:06:50 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

Black women who feel they've been victims of racial discrimination are more likely than their peers to develop breast cancer, a large study suggests. The study, which followed 59,000 African-American women for six years, found that those who reported more incidents of racial discrimination had a higher risk of breast cancer

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KEYWORDS: dnctalkingpoints; feelings; health; healthcare; junkscience; pseudoscience

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To: SolidWood

Bump

61 posted on 07/05/2007 6:23:49 PM PDT by Plains Drifter (If guns kill people, wouldn't there be a lot of dead people at gun shows?)

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To: Kid Shelleen

Did they study guys with man boobs for their cancer risk?

62 posted on 07/05/2007 8:58:25 PM PDT by TNdandelion

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