Study Documents the Stress of Waiting for Biopsy Results
Posted on February 25th, 2009 by erailey
Waiting for results of a breast biopsy appears to affect stress hormone levels just as much as finding out you have cancer, a new study shows. Harvard researchers tracked 126 women who were undergoing breast biopsy, monitoring their levels of the stress hormone cortisol while they waited. For the full story go to http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/health/25stress.html?ref=research#
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