News tagged with postmenopausal women
Large study documents how p53 mutations link to high-grade breast cancer, poor outcomes
Apr 19, 2009 |
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In what is believed to be the largest study of its kind in the US, researchers have found that almost 26 percent of women studied who have breast cancer have mutations in a gene important in controlling cell growth and death, ...
New study suggests Rx estrogen delivery through the skin may show safety benefits as opposed to oral delivery
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Transdermal delivery of estrogen therapy available by prescription "seems not to alter" the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clotting, in postmenopausal patients when compared to oral delivery, a new study suggests. ...
Aspirin improves survival in women with stable heart disease, study
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 12, 2009 |
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New results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study provide additional evidence that aspirin may reduce the risk of death in postmenopausal women who have heart disease or who have had a stroke. Jacques ...
Moderate alcohol intake associated with bone protection
Mar 03, 2009 |
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In an epidemiological study of men and post-menopausal women primarily over 60 years of age, regular moderate alcohol intake was associated with greater bone mineral density (BMD). Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human ...
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 ...
Study examines loop diuretic use and fractures in postmenopausal women
Jan 26, 2009 |
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The use of loop diuretics does not appear to be associated with changes in bone mineral density, falls or fractures in postmenopausal women, according to a report in the January 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of ...
High insulin levels raise risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Jan 10, 2009 |
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Higher-than-normal levels of insulin place postmenopausal women at increased risk of breast cancer, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report. Their findings, published in the January ...
Vitamin K does not stem BMD decline in postmenopausal women with osteopenia
Oct 14, 2008 |
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In a randomized controlled trial called the "Evaluate the Clinical use of vitamin K Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women with Osteopenia" (ECKO) trial, Angela Cheung and colleagues at the University of Toronto found that ...
Postmenopausal women taking anastrozole as a chemopreventive treatment do not have impaired cognitive performance
Sep 05, 2008 |
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New results of a sub-study carried out as part of a worldwide breast cancer prevention study (IBIS-II) show that after two years of taking the aromatase inhibitor, anastrozole, postmenopausal women at high risk of breast ...
Too much, too little sleep increases ischemic risk in postmenopausal women
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Postmenopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night may have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Sleep problems associated with menopause vary among ethnic groups
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep increase as women go through menopause according to research by Rush University Medical Center. Waking up earlier than planned also increases through late perimenopause but decreases ...
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