Women with an early form of breast cancer who have dense breasts may be at higher risk of getting a second breast cancer, particularly in the opposite breast, a new study indicates. “The risk appears to be stronger for the opposite breast than for the breast that originally had the cancer,” said Laurel A. Habel, [...]

Black mothers in the United States are less likely to breast-feed their babies than other moms, and many cite a personal preference for the bottle as the primary reason, new research finds. Overall, breast-feeding rates are rising, but the long-time disparity between ethnic groups persists, said Dr. Amudha Palaniappan, a pediatrics resident at Cooper University [...]