Doyle Bosque always felt called to become a nurse. But early in his career, he questioned that decision.

“Some days can be especially challenging,” he says. “I wasn’t sure I could handle it.”

While he was working on the pediatrics floor of a local hospital, a young patient confirmed he had chosen the right profession. 

“Nobody could control this little boy who yelled, screamed and threw things,” recalls Bosque...

The female hormone estrogen is “fuel” for about 80% of breast cancers in women who’ve gone through menopause. 

“Menopause itself doesn’t boost the risk for breast cancer, but growing older does,” says breast medical oncologist Rachel Layman, M.D. “The longer a woman’s body has accumulated estrogen during her lifetime, the greater her risk will be.”

Drugs called aromatase inhibitors can stop the body from making estrogen...