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Older women still suffer from hot flushes and night sweats years after the menopause, finds study

Women still have hot flushes and night sweats years after the menopause finds a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

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created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Acupuncture curbs severity of menopausal hot flushes

Traditional Chinese acupuncture curbs the severity of hot flushes and other menopausal symptoms, suggests a small study published today in Acupuncture in Medicine.

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created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight loss may be associated with improvements in hot flushes in overweight and obese women

Among overweight and obese women with bothersome hot flushes during menopause, an intensive weight loss intervention program may lead to improvements in flushing, according to a report in the July 12 issue of Archives of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Acupuncture 'probably ineffective' in treatment of hot flushes

Acupuncture cannot be shown to have any positive effect on hot flushes during the menopause. This is the conclusion of a systematic review of literature by three groups in Daejon, Busan (South Korea) and Exeter (UK), published ...

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Study faults research linking hormone therapy to cancer

A landmark investigation which found that hormone treatment for the menopause boosts the risk of breast cancer is riddled with flaws, a new study published on Monday alleges.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India army offers 'glacier toilet' in hi-tech sell-off

Developed for troops serving on glaciers high in the Himalayas, the non-flushing "bio-digester" toilet made by India's top defence research body is now being offered to companies and poorer states.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Tokamak experiments come clean about impurity transport

A fusion reactor operates best when the hot plasma inside it consists only of fusion fuel (hydrogen's heavy isotopes, deuterium and tritium), much as a car runs best with a clean engine. But fusion fuel reactions ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

International team to drill beneath massive antarctic ice shelf

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will travel next month to one of Antarctica's most active, remote and harsh spots to determine ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

BlackBerry blackout is new threat to brand

The longest BlackBerry outage in many years left customers outraged this week, threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business when it's already struggling to keep up in a crowded marketplace.

Technology / Business

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BlackBerrys buzz back to life after long outage (Update)

BlackBerrys across the world buzzed back to life Thursday, leaving customers outraged and threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business when it's already struggling to keep up in a crowded ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

With cheap Pandigital tablet, you get what you pay for

Electronics manufacturers have had a tough time competing against Apple's iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (6) | comments 10

Green tech cleans up with investors

Is there still big green to be made in green tech? A few years ago, investing in green technology companies in Silicon Valley was as de rigueur as vertical social-media sites. Those sites went away, but money continues to ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frozen comet had a watery past, scientists find

For the first time, scientists have found convincing evidence for the presence of liquid water in a comet, shattering the current paradigm that comets never get warm enough to melt the ice that makes up the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

The future of breast cancer prevention

Drugs could be used to prevent breast cancer in women at high risk of the disease in the same way that statins are used for heart disease if trials looking at ways of predicting risk are successful, according to an international ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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