Could your period give you cancer?
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Some reproductive health experts are now beginning to argue that having monthly periods increases the risk of conditions such as anaemia and possibly certain type of cancer. It is already known that women who have a large number of menstrual cycles over their lifetime have a greater incidence of endometrial and ovarian cancers.
Publication Name: Glamour
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0017-0747
Year: 2000
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Struck down by lupus: my sister's story
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Fashion model Tomiko Fraser's sister Shneequa was struck down at the age of twenty with lupus and her ordeal is described. Lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease which strikes without warning and for which there is no cure.
Publication Name: Glamour
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0017-0747
Year: 2000
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Dying to be thin
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An account is presented of the liposuction treatment undergone by a woman who wished to reduce the size of her thighs, and who died as a result of improper medical procedures during the operation.
Publication Name: Glamour
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0017-0747
Year: 2000
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