Posted: Friday, July 27, 2007

ACSH IN THE NEWS
Publication Date: July 27, 2007

A July 27, 2007 piece by Katherine Mangu-Ward cites ACSH on breast cancer [UPDATE: and here's hoping former _Reason_ editor Virginia Postrel's own breast cancer treatment goes well]:

The American Council on Science and Health (professional home of reason contributor Todd Seavey), offers a pair of well-rounded reports on developments in cancer prevention:

1) The FDA has give preliminary approval to a drug that "lowered breast cancer incidence by about 50 percent." The drug, which was originally intended to treat osteoporosis, was tested on women with high risk for breast cancer.

2) Meanwhile, a high fruit and veggie diet fails to work similar magic...