News tagged with hormone pills
Big US study will test vitamin D, fish oil
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Two of the most popular and promising dietary supplements - vitamin D and fish oil - will be tested in a large, government-sponsored study to see whether either nutrient can lower a healthy person's risk of getting cancer, ...
Researchers offer new insight into effectiveness of procedure to stop heavy menstrual bleeding
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Experts estimate that 20 percent of women experience excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding at some time during their lives, particularly as they approach menopause. A new, less invasive procedure called global endometrial ...
Low-income breast cancer patients skipping hormonal therapy, increasing their risks
May 18, 2009 |
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Many low-income women are failing to take the hormonal therapy prescribed as part of their breast cancer treatment, possibly lowering their survival rates, according to a study led by a researcher in the Duke Comprehensive ...
Some antidepressants may risk breast cancer return
May 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows.
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Hormone pills may make lung cancer more deadly
May 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- There's more troubling news about hormone therapy for menopause symptoms: Lung cancer seems more likely to prove fatal in women who are taking estrogen-progestin pills, a study suggests.
Tips on hormone use, coping with menopause
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- What to do if menopause makes you miserable?
Researchers develop drug interface to save lives
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 10, 2009 |
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A drug information interface system developed by two University of Alberta researchers has been shown to help in dealing with visual and motor impairments, which can make sorting, holding and indentifying pills a challenge ...
Increased stroke risk from birth control pills
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 26, 2009 |
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She was only 30 years old, but she was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke. Her speech suddenly became slurred, and her left hand became clumsy while eating.
Glaxo seeks OK to expand breast cancer drug use
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC on Wednesday applied for approval in the U.S. and Europe to sell an existing breast-cancer drug as a first-line treatment.
More blood vessels in hormone-resistant prostate tumors
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University ...
New evidence of hormone therapy causing breast cancer, professor says
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Postmenopausal women who take combined estrogen plus progestin menopausal hormone therapy for at least five years double their annual risk of breast cancer, according to new analyses from a major study that clearly establishes ...
Migraines associated with lower risk of breast cancer
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Women who suffer from migraines may take at least some comfort in a recent, first-of-its-kind study that suggests a history of such headaches is associated with a significantly lower risk of breast cancer. Christopher I. ...
'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogen
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal ...
Prostate cancer patients on hormone therapy at increased risk for various heart diseases
Sep 22, 2009 |
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New research has found that hormone therapy used to treat men with advanced prostate cancer is associated with an increased chance of developing various heart problems. Some choices of therapy appear, however, to be less ...
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