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Hormone therapy, or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also referred to as hormonal therapy. Wikipedia has the following articles regarding this topic:

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Studies don't end prostate cancer test controversy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

(AP) -- Two big prostate cancer studies were intended to settle the question of whether screening for the disease really does save lives. Now the long-awaited results are in - but the debate goes on.


New evidence of hormone therapy causing breast cancer, professor says

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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 ...


Hormone therapy linked to brain shrinkage, but not lesions

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Two new studies show that commonly prescribed forms of postmenopausal hormone therapy may slightly accelerate the loss of brain tissue in women 65 and older beyond what normally occurs with aging.


Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor ...


Prostate cancer patients on hormone therapy at increased risk for various heart diseases

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Prostate cancer hormone drugs risky for some men

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A new study links hormone therapy for prostate cancer with a higher risk of death in older men who've had serious heart problems.


Study: Progesterone leads to inflammation

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Michigan State University have found exposure to the hormone progesterone activates genes that trigger inflammation in the mammary gland.


Botanicals have no effect on hot flashes or cognition: Study (w/ Podcast)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two studies conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University have found that commonly used botanicals do not have an effect on hot flashes or on cognitive function in menopausal ...


Predicting the return of prostate cancer: New study betters the odds of success

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cancer experts at Johns Hopkins say a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of eight years has shown that a three-way combination of measurements has the best chance yet of predicting disease metastasis.


Naturally produced estrogen may protect women from Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women who have more years of fertility (the time from first menstruation to menopause) have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than women with fewer years, according to a large, new study by researchers at Albert ...


Breast cancer rates fall steeply in women who quit combination hormones, follow-up shows

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Breast-cancer rates fell steeply and swiftly among postmenopausal women who quit combination hormones in 2002 after warnings about its potential hazards.


Estrogen therapy could be dangerous for women with existing heart risk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests.


Prostate cancer vaccines more effective with hormone therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Among patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, the addition of hormone therapy following vaccine treatment improved overall survival compared with either treatment alone or when the vaccine followed hormone treatment, ...


Short-term hormone therapy and intermediate dose radiation increases survivial for early stage prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Short-term hormone therapy given prior to and during intermediate dose radiation treatment for men with early stage prostate cancer increases their chance of living longer, compared to those who receive the same radiation ...


Study shows hormone replacement therapy decreases mortality in younger postmenopausal woman

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat menopausal estrogen deficiency has been in widespread use for over 60 years. Several observational studies over the years showed that HRT use by younger postmenopausal women was ...