Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer within 12 months of completing a pregnancy are 48 percent more likely to die than are other young women with breast cancer.

Like most physicians, I follow recommended guidelines for my patients and obtain liver tests about six weeks after prescribing statin treatment and then roughly annually thereafter. Even so, a frequently asked question by patients who are treated with a statin is, "How about my liver, doc?"

Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer within 12 months of completing a pregnancy are 48 percent more likely to die than are other young women with breast cancer.