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Health 142 18 http://health.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/he/b/he_144.gif Health Highlights: Nov. 4, 2009 (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/healthhighlightsnov42009.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/healthhighlightsnov42009Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:43 PSTHealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:Shorter, More Intense Radiation OK for Some Breast Cancers (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/shortermoreintenseradiationokforsomebreastcancers.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/shortermoreintenseradiationokforsomebreastcancersWed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:39 PSTHealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A shorter, more intense course of whole-breast radiation works as well as the traditional six-week course, at least for some early-stage breast cancers, a new study shows.Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/drugcouldhelptreatsmallher2positivebreasttumors.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/drugcouldhelptreatsmallher2positivebreasttumorsTue, 03 Nov 2009 20:49:14 PSTHealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a relatively uncommon type of breast cancer are significantly more likely to face its recurrence and spread, but researchers now say these women may benefit from treatment with the breast cancer drug Herceptin.Poor nations 'face booming breast cancer threat' (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreastTue, 03 Nov 2009 03:32:08 PSTAFP - Breast cancer is becoming an increasingly global epidemic, plaguing more people in developing countries where mortality rates are higher and many lack access to care, US researchers warned.Poor nations 'face booming breast cancer threat' (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast_20091103113351.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast_20091103113351Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:32:08 PSTAFP - Breast cancer is becoming an increasingly global epidemic, plaguing more people in developing countries where mortality rates are higher and many lack access to care, US researchers warned.Poor nations 'face booming breast cancer threat' (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast_20091103102438.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast_20091103102438Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:22:57 PSTAFP - Breast cancer is becoming an increasingly global epidemic, plaguing more people in developing countries where mortality rates are higher and many lack access to care, US researchers warned.Poor countries see troubling rise in breast cancer (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_med_healthbeat_breast_cancer.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/us_med_healthbeat_breast_cancerTue, 03 Nov 2009 00:15:24 PSTAP - Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul recalls the woman saying, "My man would leave me" — and with him, the family's income.Poor nations face booming breast cancer threat: study (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast_20091103014153.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast_20091103014153Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:41:36 PSTAFP - Breast cancer is becoming an increasingly global epidemic, plaguing more people in developing countries where mortality rates are higher and many lack access to care, US researchers warned.Meditation May Reduce Stress in Breast Cancer Patients (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/meditationmayreducestressinbreastcancerpatients.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/meditationmayreducestressinbreastcancerpatientsWed, 28 Oct 2009 20:49:04 PDTHealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Transcendental meditation reduces stress and improves the emotional and mental well-being of breast cancer patients, new study findings suggest.Old, New Pap Methods Equally Good, Dutch Study Finds (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/oldnewpapmethodsequallygooddutchstudyfinds.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/oldnewpapmethodsequallygooddutchstudyfindsTue, 27 Oct 2009 20:49:33 PDTHealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Traditional Pap tests and the newer liquid-based cytology are equally reliable in screening for cervical cancer, a new study has found.