Tag: Karin B. Michels

  • Campus & Community

    Obesity protects against breast cancer

    Being overweight or obese from adolescence to menopause reduces a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer, researchers at Harvard Medical School have found. The earlier in life that the researchers looked, the stronger the association, leading to the conclusion that a woman’s weight at age 18 is a strong predictor of breast cancer. In this…

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