Hot flushes are linked with a significant reduction in breast cancer risk

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 19:00 in Health & Medicine

Women who have experienced hot flushes and other symptoms of menopause may have a 50 percent lower risk of developing the most common forms of breast cancer than postmenopausal women who have never had such symptoms, according to a recent study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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