Search results for low estrogen levels:
Low-dose estrogen shown safe and effective for metastatic breast cancer
Aug 18, 2009 |
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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 ...
Scientists investigate estrogen, heart disease connection in women
May 04, 2009 |
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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.
Estrogen controls how the brain processes sound
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the hormone estrogen plays a pivotal role in how the brain processes sounds.
Improved estrogen reception may sharpen fuzzy memory
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Estrogen treatments may sharpen mental performance in women with certain medical conditions, but University of Florida researchers suggest that recharging a naturally occurring estrogen receptor in the brain may also clear ...
Is that song sexy or just so-so?
Sep 22, 2008 |
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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 ...
Blood cholesterol levels predict risk of heart disease due to hormone therapy
May 23, 2008 |
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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 ...
Heart and bone damage from low vitamin D tied to declines in sex hormones
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the first conclusive evidence in men that the long-term ill effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of the key sex hormone estrogen, ...
Videos offer tips on reducing breast-cancer risk
Jun 05, 2008 |
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Using certain plastics and cosmetics may increase the risk of breast cancer, according to emerging scientific research cited by Cornell investigators. Drinking from hard-plastic water bottles and using such personal-care ...
New predictive tool can help determine treatment of breast cancer patients
Sep 23, 2008 |
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A new predictive measurement, called a PEPI score, could bring good news to many women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer — a low PEPI (preoperative endocrine prognostic index) score could show that they have little ...
Cholesterol byproduct blocks heart health benefits of estrogen
Sep 16, 2007 |
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New findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers show that a byproduct of cholesterol metabolism interferes with the beneficial effects estrogen has on the cardiovascular system, providing a better understanding ...
Contraceptive use may be safe, but information gaps remain
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Introduced in the 1960s, oral contraceptives have been used by about 80 percent of women in the United States at some point in their lives. For women without pre-existing risks for heart disease, the early formulations were ...
The dietary supplement genistein can undermine breast cancer treatment
Sep 23, 2008 |
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Women taking aromatase inhibitors to treat breast cancer or prevent its recurrence should think twice before also taking a soy-based dietary supplement, researchers report.
Unsuspected protein determines resistance to breast cancer treatment
Feb 04, 2008 |
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An innovative research approach has identified a previously unsuspected protein as a key player in the resistance to particular forms of breast cancer therapy. The study, published by Cell Press in the February issue of Cancer Ce ...
Too much sugar turns off gene that controls the effects of sex steroids
Nov 10, 2007 |
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Eating too much fructose and glucose can turn off the gene that regulates the levels of active testosterone and estrogen in the body, shows a new study in mice and human cell cultures that’s published this month in the Journal ...
Estrogen and stroke risk
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Eighteen years ago this month the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it would sponsor a landmark study to examine women and cardiovascular disease. Known as the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the study enrolled ...
