Futurity.org ? Having last baby later cuts cancer risk

"The lower risk of endometrial cancer continued for older mothers across different age-at-diagnosis groups, including under 50, 50-59, 60-69, and over 70?which shows that the protection persists for many years," says study author Veronica "Wendy" Setiawan. (Credit: iStockphoto)

USC (US) ? Women who have their last baby in their 30s and 40s have a reduced risk of developing endometrial cancer, the most common gynecological cancer in the US.

New research finds that women who last give birth at age 40 or older have a 44 percent decreased risk of endometrial cancer, which strikes the tissue lining of the uterus, as compared to women who have their last baby younger than 25.

The study found that risk begins to decrease after age 30 by approximately 13 percentage points for each five-year delay in last births. Compared to women who last give birth before age 25, those who have their last child between age 30 and 34 reduce their risk by 17 percent and those between age 35 and 39 reduce their risk by 32 percent.

?While childbearing at an older age previously has been associated with a lower risk of endometrial cancer, the size of this study definitively shows that late age at last birth is a significant protective factor after taking into account other factors known to influence the disease?body weight, number of kids, and oral contraceptive use,?? says Veronia ?Wendy? Setiawan,? assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.

Published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the study that is believed to be the largest of its kind, examined pooled data from four cohort studies and 13 case-control studies. Funded by the National Cancer Institute, the research examined a total of 8,671 cases of endometrial cancer and 16,562 control subjects, all derived from studies in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium.

?We found that the lower risk of endometrial cancer continued for older mothers across different age-at-diagnosis groups, including under 50, 50-59, 60-69, and over 70?which shows that the protection persists for many years,? Setiawan says.

?Protection also did not vary by the two types of the disease: the more common Type 1, which we think is related to estrogen exposure; and the more rare, but more aggressive and deadly, Type 2, which has been thought to develop independent of hormones.?

Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed among American women. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2012 about 47,130 new cases of cancer of the uterine body will be diagnosed, and about 8,010 women will die from such cancers. The vast majority of those cases are endometrial cancer.

Setiawan?s research also examines whether the association between age at last birth and endometrial cancer was consistent across race and ethnicity. The protective association was observed in Caucasian and Asian women, but not in the study?s small subset of black women, warranting additional study of larger groups of those women.

More research is necessary to determine why late age at last birth might protect against endometrial cancer, but Setiawan notes that several potential mechanisms have been suggested by other investigators, including:

• Women capable of becoming pregnant at an older age may possess a healthy endometrium or experience fewer menstrual cycles without ovulation
• Prolonged exposure to the hormone progesterone during pregnancy may be especially beneficial at older ages, the critical period for endometrial cancer development
• Premalignant or malignant cells of the uterine cavity?s mucosal lining, which are more likely to exist with increasing age, are shed during childbirth.

?This study shows an important protective factor for endometrial cancer,? Setiawan says, ?and when the exact mechanism by which it protects women from getting the disease is known, it can help our understanding of how endometrial cancer develops and thus how to prevent it.?

The analysis was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

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Soldier who shot himself said to endure racial taunts

Fort Bragg, N.C. -- Some U.S. Army soldiers testified on Wednesday that they heard a Chinese-American soldier called racially derogatory names by a superior, but said they never saw signs Private Danny Chen was suicidal.

Chen, born to immigrant parents in New York City, killed himself by gun shot in a guard tower in southern Afghanistan last October. One of his superiors, Sergeant Adam Holcomb, is standing trial this week in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on allegations that his hazing of Chen led the 19-year-old to commit suicide.

Holcomb, 30, has pleaded not guilty. He faces nearly 18 years of confinement and a dishonorable discharge if convicted of charges that include negligent homicide.

Seven of Chen's other superiors also face charges in the case and will be tried separately.

Holcomb's attorneys argue Chen killed himself because he was struggling as an infantryman and had been disowned by his parents for joining the Army.

Fellow soldiers who testified on Wednesday agreed Chen sometimes showed up for duty without the proper equipment and fell asleep while he was supposed to be keeping watch in the guard tower.

But some said the young soldier seemed to get picked on or singled out more than others for punishment.

In a military culture where nicknames are common, Chen's fellow soldiers said he endured racial slurs. They said Holcomb called Chen "dragon lady," "Jackie Chen," and "egg roll."

Several soldiers testified Chen never said whether the names bothered him, but Private 1st Class Adrian Douglas said Chen told him the references sometimes angered him. "But he felt like he couldn't really do anything about it," Douglas said.

Private 1st Class Joshua Morgan said he and Chen were close friends. Though Chen usually was in good spirits during their deployment, Morgan said his friend confided that his parents had disowned him.

Chen's father, Yan Tao Chen, denied on Wednesday that he and his wife had cut off contact with their only child.

He said he thought "it was a glorious thing" that his son joined the Army. "What I am most happy about is he was able to choose what he wanted to do," he added.

Editing by David Adams and Todd Eastham

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Apple Retail: 372 Stores, 123 Of Them Outside The U.S. $4.1B In Sales In Q3

In today's Q3 earnings, Apple noted some strong increases in its retail operations, amid some other pressures in overall sales and numbers. Retail sales were up three percent in terms of Mac units, to 791,000 units, and $4.084 billion in revenue. That was a rise of three percent in terms of units, and 17 percent in revenue compared to the same quarter a year ago. In the conference call, CFO Peter Oppenheimer noted that half of the sales in retail were to people who had never owned a mac before.

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Rocking P wins Medicine Tree Ranch Rodeo - Nanton News ...

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The Rocking P team will be heading to Edmonton this fall for the Heritage Ranch Rodeo, after the cowboys won top honours at the Medicine Tree Ranch Rodeo held at the Nanton Agri-Park on Saturday.

The Rocking P team was made up of Mac Blades, Justin Blades, Blake Schlosser, Stran Schlosser and Colter Schlosser. Blake Schlosser also took part in the working cow horse competition on July 20.

The win gives the team a spot in the Edmonton competition.

The Rocking P scored a 36 in the final tally of the ranch rodeo, with a one-point lead over the Porcupine Quill Ranch. Soderglen Ranches placed third with 29.5 points, followed by a tie for fourth with 27.5 points between Meadow Springs Ranch and Esser Livestock.

The Meadow Spring Ranch took the top points in the team branding event and the wild cow milking. B.C.?s Gang Ranch led the saddle bronc riding. Porcupine Quill ranch led the team sorting. The Rocking P led the wild horse race and the Wineglass Ranch won the team doctoring.

Wacey Marr from the Gang Ranch won the top cowhand award.

The top working ranch horse competitor and top cowhorse award went to Geof Hoar from the San Emideo Ranch.

Teams can get another chance at the Edmonton competition by entering the Bar U Ranch Rodeo on Aug. 12. Teams can enter by calling the Bar U Ranch National Historic Site at 403-395-2212.

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Do not play the hero. If you normally have the attitude that you can get

When you are pregnant avoid taking any over-the-counter (OTC) medication without first consulting your pharmacist. Several of the OTC medications can actually be toxic to the baby, if they are passed on through the womb. The fact is many OTC medications ? can and will ? be passed on through the womb!

Do not play the hero. If you normally have the attitude that you can get everything done yourself, it is time to let that go. You need to learn to kick back and relax a little bit. Your body will be going through many changes and there may things that you used to be able to do that will be impossible to do. Do not expect to be able to do everything.

Know if you are HIV-positive or not. If you find out that you are, do not automatically freak out. HIV-positive women that are aware of this early on, have a higher chance of sparing their babies from getting this disease. You will want to make sure that you have an OB-GYN that is well educated about the care that will need to be taken and can explain all of your options for a safe pregnancy.

Plan out your meals for the day in order to avoid snacking on items that aren?t good for you. Pregnancy is full of cravings and if we aren?t planning out our meals we can end up eating nothing but unhealthy snacks all day. Make sure to keep healthy snacks with you all day like carrot sticks and whole-grain crackers.

Your unborn baby shares in everything you do so it is important to choose healthily. Good planning and organization is essential so your baby develops optimally, while you enjoy your pregnancy. Hopefully this article has given you some great tips for making healthy choices during your pregnancy.

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Maine man arrested, says attended 'Batman' with gun

Maine police arrested a heavily armed man driving on the state turnpike who carried clippings about the cinema massacre in Colorado and claimed he attended the new "Batman" film with a loaded gun, authorities said on Monday.

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Timothy Courtois, 49, was driving 112 mph on the Maine Turnpike with an AK-47 assault weapon, four handguns and several boxes of ammunition in his car when state police pulled him over about 10 a.m. on Sunday, said Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland.

He told police that he was headed to Derry, N.H., to shoot a former employer, McCausland said in a statement.

Courtois told police he had attended the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," at a theater in Saco, Maine, on Saturday night with a loaded gun in his backpack, he said.

Police found clippings in his car about the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., where 12 people were killed and 58 wounded by a gunman at a Friday showing of "The Dark Knight," he said.

At Courtois' home in Biddeford, Maine, police found several additional guns, including a machine gun, and thousands of rounds of ammunition, he said.

Courtois was slated to appear in court on Monday in Springvale District Court on initial charges of speeding and carrying a concealed weapon, McCausland said.

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iPhoneRSS: Apple rumored to provide adaptor for smaller iPhone dock connector http://t.co/5K7CqiD2

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