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by Dr. James Howenstine, M.D.
'An important study from the JAMA published on February 18, 2004 revealed that women who have taken antibiotics are at increased risk for developing breast cancer. Ten thousand Dutch women were studied, including 2,266 who had breast cancer. As the number of prescriptions for antibiotics increased the risk of breast cancer steadily climbed. The women who had more than 25 prescriptions for antibiotics filled over a 17-year follow-up exhibited twice the incidence of breast cancer as women who took no antibiotics. The women who had fewer than 25 antibiotic prescriptions had a 50% greater risk than women who took no antibiotics. There did not seem to be any differences related to various types of antibiotics.
Research from Finland in 2000 involving 10,000 women revealed that women below the age of 50 who had taken antibiotics for urinary infections had an increased risk of breast cancer.'
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