DENVER (EGMN) - New data from the Women's Health Initiative indicate that hyperinsulinemia is an independent risk factor for breast cancer. This observation goes a long way toward explaining the well-established association between obesity and increased breast cancer risk, Marc J. Gunter, Ph.D., asserted at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. The clinical implication is that interventions that are designed to reduce high fasting insulin levels may decrease a woman's...