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Migraines Cut Breast Cancer Risk 30 Percent: Study

November 6, 2008 - 12:26pm
 
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a puzzling twist, women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

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, they said.

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