News tagged with hormone replacement
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, ...
Location of body fat affects risk of blood clots in men, women
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The location of extra pounds appears to affect the risk of blood clots in middle-aged people, but affects men and women differently, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Tips on hormone use, coping with menopause
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- What to do if menopause makes you miserable?
'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 ...
Excess body weight causes over 124,000 new cancers a year in Europe
Sep 24, 2009 |
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At least 124,000 new cancers in 2008 in Europe may have been caused by excess body weight, according to estimates from a new modelling study. The proportion of cases of new cancers attributable to a body mass index of 25kg/m2 ...
Seizure drug enhances sleep for women with hot flashes
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Gabapentin, a drug initially used to treat seizures, improves sleep quality in menopausal women with hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report online and in the September issue of the Journal of ...
Buyer beware: Estrogen supplements not as effective as claimed
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Dietary supplements claiming to help postmenopausal women with bone health may not be doing what they say, according to new research from Purdue University.
Asian spice could reduce breast cancer risk in women exposed to hormone replacement therapy
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Previous studies have found that postmenopausal women who have taken a combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy have increased their risk of developing progestin-accelerated breast tumors. Now, University ...
Link between migraines and reduced breast cancer risk confirmed in follow-up study
Jul 09, 2009 |
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The relationship between migraine headaches in women and a significant reduction in breast cancer risk has been confirmed in a follow-on study to landmark research published last year and conducted by scientists at Fred Hutchinson ...
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.
Integrative medicine: Soy offers natural estrogens
May 01, 2009 |
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If you're like many women, you may be reluctant to take hormones during the menopausal years because past studies seemed to recommend against it.
Protein effects of hormone replacement therapy uncovered
Apr 29, 2009 |
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An in-depth proteomic analysis of the sera of 50 participants from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) hormone replacement therapy trial provides some explanations for the trial's clinical results. The study, published in ...
Study identifies potential 'safe period' for hormone replacement use
Feb 02, 2009 |
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A new study makes important new findings on the role of hormone use on the risk of breast cancer, confirming that the use of estrogen plus progesterone increases the risk of both ductal and lobular breast cancer far more ...
Breast cancer drug shows promise for treating, preventing progestin-dependent tumors
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Recent studies suggest that human breast cancer risk is increased by outside exposure to the hormone progestin, such as during hormone replacement therapy. Now, a University of Missouri study suggests that PRIMA-1, a small ...
