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Study finds postmenopausal hormone therapy causes increased risk of lobular breast cancer
--> Study finds postmenopausal hormone therapy causes increased risk of lobular breast cancer Current combined hormone therapy users have 2.7-fold increased risk of invasive lobular cancer Related Pages: Breast Cancer postmenopausal hormone therapy In January 2008, a study was published that found postmenopausal women who take combination hormone therapy for at least three years have a fourfold increased risk of developing invasive lobular breast cancer...

Premarin and Prempro: Lawsuits
Wyeth has settled lawsuits with two women who developed breast cancers. The drug maker of Premarin and Prempro is facing more than 5,000 lawsuits. Hormone replacement therapy is used to treat symptoms that accompany menopause...

Did Wyeth Pay to have Journal Articles Written
A US Senator claims that Wyeth paid a company to ghostwrite medical journal articles about its hormone therapy products and seek academic scientists to sign them as authors.According to papers from lawsuits suggest the drugmaker hired DesignWrite Inc...

Jury Awards Damages to Prempro Patient
A jury has awarded $3.7 million to a woman who developed breast cancer after taking the Wyeth hormone-replacement drug Prempro. Jurors must now decide if Wyeth is liable in the case and whether the drug maker should be required to pay punitive damages...

Hormone therapy drugs interfere with breast cancer diagnosis
--> Hormone therapy drugs interfere with breast cancer diagnosis Drugs linked to increase in abnormal mammograms, breast biopsies Related Pages: Wyeth Prempro In February 2008, a new study revealed that women who take combined hormone therapy drugs, like Wyeth?s Prempro, for at least five years face a greater risk of having abnormal mammograms and breast biopsies...

Big Award In Pfizer HRT Case
Recently, a breast cancer survivor won her hormone replacement lawsuit against Pfizer. Plaintiff, Donna Kendall asserted that three of Pfizer's hormone replacement drugs contributed to her breast cancer, and a jury in Philadelphia agreed with her...

Baseball Players Named in Mitchell Report
Major League Baseball Players using Performance Enhancing Drugs

Breast Cancer Patient Awarded $8.1 Million in Discrimination Case
Breast Cancer Patient Awarded $8.1 Million in Discrimination Case

$5.4 Million Quebec Breast Cancer Wait List Class Action Settlement Approved
$5.4 Million Quebec Breast Cancer Class Action Settlement Approved

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Hormone Replacement Therapy Lawsuits See Multi-Million Dollar Settlements
HRT Lawsuits Pharma Faces Multi Million Dollar Settlements

Pittsburgh Cancer Center
Wanrs of Cell Phone and Cancer Risk

Wyeth
to Pay Amputee $6.7 Million in Landmark Case