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• n  a drug that reduces high blood pressure

• antihypertensive

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• Long-Term Use of Some High Blood Pressure Drugs Associated with Increased Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women
  Older women who take certain types of medication to combat high blood pressure may be putting themselves at greater risk for developing breast cancer, according to a new study by a team of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists led by Christopher Li, M.D., Ph.D. The study is the first to observe that long-term use of a class of antihypertensive drugs known as calcium-channel blockers ...
  Aug. 5, 2013 - Newswise