Blood pressure drugs tied to breast cancer risk

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women taking a common type of blood pressure drug for a decade or more are over twice as likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer as those not on the medication, a new study suggests. Researchers said the findings are not definitive enough to drive changes in how so-called calcium channel blockers are prescribed, and would first have to be replicated in other groups of women. "We don't really think these results should change any current clinical practice," Dr. ...



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