The World Health
Organization (WHO) has
reported that the drug
used to fight breast cancer all over the world can
actually be a carcinogenic agent by increasing the risk of
contracting endometrial cancer. The disturbing news about Tamoxifen, the medicine given to women after breast cancer
operations, was the result of a study
consisting of 17 scientists from different
countries at the WHO's International
Agency for Research of Cancer (IARC) in
Lyon, France.
However, Nick Gaudin, spokesperson for IARC says the benefits of Tamoxifen far
outweigh its potential risks and women
being treated for breast cancer should not
stop their treatment.
In spite of criticisms directed against it, the
UN is all set to fund the second world
conference on human settlements to be
held from June 3-14 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Considering the state of bankruptcy
hat the UN finds itself in, countries like
the US have voiced their concern on the
UN move. Dismissing them, however, UN
officials are at pains to insist that the
conference would promote the habitat
housing activities worldwide. The UN has
sponsored six international conferences so
far in six years.
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