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Risk factor high for women who took HRT

... suggests that women with diabetes should not take hormone replacement therapy. Researchers in Denmark have found that women with the condition who take HRT increase their chances of dying early. Researchers also said that the pills can increase the risks of developing heart disease or having a heart attack....

Reducing the risk for type 2 diabetes

... blood to cells throughout the body. Cells use the hormone insulin, made in the pancreas, to help them process blood glucose into energy. People with diabetes can prevent or delay complications by keeping blood glucose levels close to normal. Being overweight and inactive increases the chances of developing ...

Estrogen Patch is Safer than Pills for Heart

...m. It is usually the Postmenopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy through a pill to improve their general well being and prevent osteoporosis (loss of Bone). However the researchers looked at different modes of estrogen administration because oral medication has been shown to increase the level...

Hair loss - What happens behind ?

...es are also produces in women. When a woman's male hormone production increases or when her female hormone production decreases, her hair follicles respond by shedding their hairs and refusing to grow new ha...

Hormone Therapy Linked to Dementia

...’s disease. Now, researchers say a certain type of hormone therapy may cause some postmenopausal women to dev...eased health risks in women receiving the combined hormone therapy.// In a small portion of that study regarding memory -- called the Women’s Health Initiative...

Antidepressant Helps Relieve Hot Flashes

...fectiveness was limited. Alternative treatments to hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats and memory and sleep problems will be looked at more closely because of studies showing long-term //hormone therapy increases women's risks of cancer, strokes and dementia....

Bone Strength After Menopause

...gen plays a part in the growth of bones, since the hormone is known to inhibit bone formation in rats. While a woman’s risk of a fracture increases with the loss of bone, the researchers believe the increase in bone size can offer more protection. They say bone density alone should no longer be the only pre...

Overcoming Chronic Fatigue

...ocrit raises red blood cell volume by triggering a hormone in the kidneys, "Some people have shown remarkable improvement and have gone back to work, and in others it's been less effective." It's working for Cueto. She got her real estate license, and she's already doubled last year's sales. She says, "I've...

Hormone-replacement therapy could hurt heart

...studies on the use of estrogen-and-progestin-based hormone replacement therapy //to help combat heart disease. This study and others like it "clearly tell us that estrogen and progestin should not be used to treat atherosclerosis in women who already have cardiovascular disease," noted Dr. Howard Hodis, who...

HRT: A Difficult Decision

Women taking hormone replacement therapy may want to talk to their doctors about whether to stay on the drugs. A new study involving over a million women// provides strong evidence that the use of HRT is associated with a greater risk of breast cancer. The study found co...

Low-Dose Hormones Help the Bones

...rosis. However, many women are reluctant// to take hormone therapy because of the increased risk of breast ca... of estrogen typically prescribed for conventional hormone therapy. Researchers included 167 women older than 65 in the study. The women were randomly assigned...

Extra hormone found to cut appetite by a third

Studies done previously have shown that the hormone could suppress the appetites of lean people. But r...eat. However researchers say long-term use of the hormone would have to be studied before it could be developed into a treatment for obesity that would consis...

Drug might prevent Prostate Cancer Spread

...researchers recruited 311 men who were being given hormone therapy for bone metastases. The patients who received oral sodium clodronate had a 21-percent reduction in risk of bone metastases and a 20-percent reduction in their risk of death. The researchers write, "Our results suggest that men treated with t...

Exercise to Prevent Breast Cancer

... the risk of breast cancer in women who were using hormone therapy. Previous studies have shown women who take hormone therapy are at a higher risk for breast cancer....

Exercise found to Prevent Breast Cancer

... the risk of breast cancer in women who were using hormone therapy. Previous studies have shown women who take hormone therapy are at a higher risk for breast cancer. ...

Oncologists Overlook Clot Risk

...iotherapy, and less than 10 percent said they used hormone therapy on their patients. Results of the study s...the same for chemotherapy, and more than 70 agreed hormone therapy did not increase the risk. Of the doctors surveyed, 84 did not routinely recommend blood th...

Hormone Replacement Therapy -- What to do?

Since the announcement that hormone replacement therapy is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and breast cancer, many postmenopausal women have been left unsure about whether or not to use the treatment. // Doctors say the hardest group to treat right now is women aro...

Acupuncture for Cancer

...tudy participants’ saliva is tested for the stress hormone cortisol four times a day. Researchers says, “Their cortisol levels will actually start to decline because their overall stress will decline.” Study participants receive acupuncture three times a week for four weeks. Each session lasts about 45 min...

New Drug for Diabetes

... the research. Diabetes is a disease in which the hormone insulin is not made by the body (type 1 diabetes)...ype 2 diabetes). Researchers, are studying another hormone -- amylin -- to aid in the treatment of diabetes. Amylin is a hormone secreted with insulin by the b...

Acupuncture for Cancer

...tudy participants' saliva is tested for the stress hormone cortisol four times a day. Researchers says, "Their cortisol levels will actually start to decline because their overall stress will decline." Study participants receive acupuncture three times a week for four weeks. Each session lasts about 45 minu...

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