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Breast Cancer
Data from Howard University advance knowledge in breast cancer
June 18th, 2009
"Breast cancer is a leading cause of death in American women. Data are lacking from representative samples of total populations on the association of risk factors for breast cancer and religiousness," scientists in the United States report. "The sixth cycle of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG VI) included 3,766 women aged 30-44 years with complete data on self-reported religiousness, and selected breast cancer risk factors. Of women in the analysis, 1,008 reported having four or more breast cancer risk factors. Women who never attended services were over seven times more likely to report having four or more risk factors than those who attended more than weekly...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-18)
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