Urban Women’s more Risk to Breast Cancer?

The shopping may be better, but urban life poses unforeseen hazards. One risk: Women who live or work in large cities have more dense breast tissue than those on suburban or rural areas, which means urbanities face a greater chance of breast cancer, researchers recently reported. In part, the connection may reflect other lifestyle factors linked to breast density. City women, for example, tend to have kids later and are more likely to use hormone therapy. But pollution and stress may also play a role. If you live and work in a city, make sure you get regular mammograms. And if your last mammo indicated you have dense tissue, go to a facility that offers digital technology. It can detect up to 50% more cancers in dense breast.