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• Roche stops selling acne drug Accutane (Reuters)
  Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG is no longer selling its acne drug Accutane as it has reached the end of its life cycle and is losing ground to generic alternatives, the company said on Friday.



• Health Tip: What's Triggering My Acne? (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Acne occurs when skin lesions -- commonly called pimples -- develop because the skin's oil glands overproduce and clog the skin's pores.



• Psoriasis Raises Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Death (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - MONDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- People with psoriasis face an increased risk of major cardiovascular disease and death, a new study finds.

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Women's health news

• Metabolic Syndrome May Make Breast Cancer More Likely (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women with high blood pressure, elevated glucose and other components of metabolic syndrome might be at increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer, a new study suggests.



• Breast cancer treatments impact work status (Reuters)
  Reuters - Among working women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, those treated with chemotherapy appear more likely to experience a major change in work status, study findings suggest.



• Breast Cancer Numbers Dip Most in Wealthy, Urban Areas (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States have declined overall, but the decrease is significantly less marked in poor women who live in rural areas, possibly due to differences in the use of hormone therapy (HT), a new study suggests.



• Brain Imaging Study Sheds Light on Fibromyalgia (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Changes in the levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine may explain brain gray matter reductions experienced by patients with fibromyalgia, a new study suggests.



• Ovarian Cancer Breakthrough Heralds New Era of Treatment (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers have zeroed in on the cause of a deadly type of ovarian cancer, a finding that could lead to successful treatment of the rare granulosa cell tumors.



• Gene explains breast cancer chemotherapy outcomes (Reuters)
  Reuters - Genetic mutations can show which breast cancer patients will be helped by a certain type of chemotherapy, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.



• Grilled Meats Not Tied to Breast Cancer in Older Women (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Eating meat doesn't increase postmenopausal women's risk for breast cancer, new research has found.



• SoCal 10-year-old copes with breast cancer (AP)
  AP - Ten-year-old Hannah Powell-Auslam is trying to remain brave as she copes with a rare form of breast cancer. "I feel like a kid inside but sometimes I feel like an adult, when I'm always at the hospital," Hannah told ABC's "Good Morning America" in an interview that aired Wednesday.



• Exercise after age 30 may curb breast cancer risk (Reuters)
  Reuters - After age 30, exercising for more than an hour a week may help cut a woman's chances of developing breast cancer, according to a study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's annual meeting in Seattle.

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