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Hormone therapy associated with reduced colorectal cancer risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The combination of estrogen plus progestin, which women stopped taking in droves following the news that it may increase their risk of breast cancer, may decrease their risk of colorectal cancer, according to a report published ...


Low-dose estrogen shown safe and effective for metastatic breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When estrogen-lowering drugs no longer control metastatic breast cancer, the opposite strategy might work. Raising estrogen levels benefited 30 percent of women whose metastatic breast cancer no longer responded to standard ...


Uterine cells produce their own estrogen during pregnancy

Uterine cells produce their own estrogen during pregnancy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For decades, scientists assumed that the ovary alone produced steroid hormones during pregnancy. In a new study in mice, however, researchers demonstrate that once an embryo attaches to the uterine wall, the ...


Estrogen controls how the brain processes sound

Estrogen controls how the brain processes sound

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the hormone estrogen plays a pivotal role in how the brain processes sounds.


Sun-damaged skin does not improve with estrogen treatments

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treating the skin with estrogen can stimulate collagen production—which improves the appearance of the skin—in areas not typically exposed to the sun, according to new research from the University of Michigan Health System.


Previously unseen switch regulates breast cancer response to estrogen

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 08, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A tiny modification called methylation on estrogen receptors prolongs the life of these growth-driving molecules in breast cancer cells, according to research by scientists at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute. ...


Scientists investigate estrogen, heart disease connection in women

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study on old rats by a Penn State researcher will shed light on the connection between estrogen deficiency, heart disease and aging in women.


Hormone mix could cut breast cancer risk and treat symptoms of menopause

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The right combination of estrogen and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which blocks the effects of estrogen in breast tissue, could relieve menopause symptoms and cut breast cancer risk, Yale researchers report ...


DACH1 a key protein for tumor suppression in ER+ breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein relationship that may be an ideal treatment target for ER+ breast cancer. The study was reported in the July 15 issue of Cancer Research.


Estrogen-dependent switch tempers killing activity of immune cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The sex hormone estrogen tempers the killing activity of a specific group of immune cells, the cytotoxic T cells (CTLs), which are known to attack tumor cells and cells infected by viruses. The key player in this process ...


Estrogen linked to lowered immunity in fish

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure to estrogen reduces production of immune-related proteins in fish. This suggests that certain compounds, known as endocrine disruptors, may make fish more susceptible to disease.


Is that song sexy or just so-so?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Why is your mate's rendition of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On" cute and sexy sometimes and so annoying at other times? A songbird study conducted by Emory University sheds new light on this question, showing that a change ...


Atypical protein kinase C stabilizes SRC-3 levels in breast cancer cells

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created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study provides valuable insight into a previously undescribed mechanism that regulates a prominent cancer-associated protein. The research, published by Cell Press in the February 29th issue of Molecular Cell, will e ...


High levels of estrogen associated with breast cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 06, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women whose breast cancer came back after treatment had almost twice as much estrogen in their blood than did women who remained cancer-free – despite treatment with anti-estrogen drugs in a majority of the women –according ...


Blood cholesterol levels predict risk of heart disease due to hormone therapy

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new analysis of a subgroup of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) hormone therapy clinical trials suggests that healthy, postmenopausal women whose blood cholesterol levels are normal or lower are not at ...