Benign Breast Disease May Raise Cancer Risk
A new study shows women with benign breast growths have a slightly elevated risk of breast cancer over a 15-year period. Previously, the risk was thought to be near zero. The new finding potentially affects millions of women who have minor abnormalities found on breast biopsy.
In his new book <em>Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease</em>, endocrinologist and obesity doc Robert Lustig deconstructs the mythology of fat. He says exercise, for all its benefits, won't help you shed pounds--and that fasting only worsens weight gain.