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A 24-year-old tried to pop what she thought was a pimple on her chest, but later found out she had breast cancer

A 24-year-old tried to pop what she thought was a pimple on her chest, but later found out she had breast cancer

Doctors look at breast X-rays in San Francisco, California.Getty Images Siobhan Harrison, 24, thought the bump on her upper chest was a pimple and tried to pop it. When it bruised and grew, she sought medical tests and learned she had stage-2 breast cancer. 9% of breast cancers affect women under 45, and it can be faster-growing and harder to treat. When Siobhan Harrison noticed a bump on her upper chest in December 2020, she thought it was a pimple and tried to pop it. But the area became… Source link

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Fed to keep cards close to the chest on taper

Fed to keep cards close to the chest on taper

The Federal Reserve has signaled that it will slow its asset purchases as the U.S. economy continues to recover. But the Fed has not offered any clues as to when it will begin “tapering” its so-called quantitative easing program, which is currently absorbing about $80 billion in U.S Treasuries and about $40 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities each month. The Federal Open Market Committee will meet Tuesday and Wednesday to check in on its monetary policy stance, which has been Source link

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Disturbing discovery in man’s chest x-ray after he suffers a dry throat

Disturbing discovery in man’s chest x-ray after he suffers a dry throat

A man’s chest x-ray has delivered a disturbing explanation behind a bizarre bout of swallowing difficulty and throat dryness. Bradford Gauthier, from the US state of Massachusetts, began experiencing the abnormal symptoms earlier this week and initially put it down to them being an uncomfortable side effect of shovelling snow. “I woke up this morning, felt fine, but when I tried to drink a glass of water it wouldn’t go down, I had to lean over to let it spill out into the sink. Gross,” Source link

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