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By Jon Shanks Nov 10, 2008

There is some good news for those that suffer from migraines and it has to do with the risk for brast cancer for women. Do Migraines Lower Breast Cancer Risk? One study has made that claim. According to the UK Guardian, "research has shown that women with a history of the severe, recurrent headaches have a 30% lower risk of breast cancer compared to women who do not suffer such attacks."

Migraines Cut Breast Cancer Risk?

The study is the first to look at the relationship between breast cancer and migraines, and its findings may point to new ways of reducing a woman's breast cancer risk, medical researchers said.

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"Many of the triggers of migraine in women are known to be hormonally related, and also are important in the development of breast cancer," Christopher Li, MD, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, tells Web MD. "We now see a plausible relationship between hormones and migraines and breast cancer."

Web MD notes, "The study, published in the November issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, shows that women with a history of migraines have a 30% lower risk of breast cancer than women not diagnosed with the headaches."

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