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Link Between Sex Hormones And Risk Of Breast Cancer

.... Previous research has shown a connection between hormone levels and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopa...rs looked at the different types of cancer and the hormone levels to determine if there was an association. Researchers say they observed a direct association...

Preventing Colon Cancer With Estrogen

... of estrone used was similar to the levels used in hormone replacement therapy. The mice that consumed soy protein and developed colon cancer had fewer and smaller tumors than those mice that did not have soy protein. Thus researchers conclude saying that there are no known harmful side effects to eating s...

Progesterone Found To Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk

...gesterone receptor, which is what the progesterone hormone does, might decrease the receptor’s efficiency, reducing the influence on the body’s cell. This can lead to ovarian cancer. However, they say that more such studies should be done in the future to confirm this theor....

HRT Found To Increase Stroke Risk

...of stroke severity. In conclusion researchers say hormone replacement therapy cannot be recommended for the primary or secondary prevention of stroke. Extrapolation of data suggest that patients at high risk of stroke such as those with previous stroke, coronary heart disease, or multiple vascular risk fact...

Preventing Colon Cancer With Estrogen

... of estrone used was similar to the levels used in hormone replacement therapy. The mice that consumed soy protein and developed colon cancer had fewer and smaller tumors than those mice that did not have soy protein. Thus researchers conclude saying that there are no known harmful side effects to eating s...

Debating The Link Between Sex Hormones And Multiple Sclerosis

...he study to have especially low levels of the male hormone testosterone. Brain scans showed these women also ...ammation. Women with especially high levels of the hormone also seemed to suffer adverse effects. Bran scans showed they had greater amounts of brain damage an...

The Link Between Weight Gain And Breast Cancer Studied

...isk for postmenopausal women who // are not taking hormone replacement therapy. In 1992, researchers sampled nearly 62,000 women, ages 50 to 74, by asking them about their weight at age 18 and their current weight. Since then, the women have been periodically asked to provide updates on their weight, in ad...

The Efficacy Of Hormone Replacement Therapy Studied

...e past have shown conflicting results over whether hormone replacement therapy is safe and effective for postmenopausal women.// A recent study however examines the pros and cons of this controversial therapy. Researchers studied women who used combined HRT therapy for five years. All the women studied wer...

Common Thyroid Problems In Women May Lower Their Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer

...cting patterns in the relationship between thyroid hormone and breast cancer. In a recent study researchers examined the association between the thyroid hormone and breast cancer. For the study researchers compared the medical records from 1,136 women with brea...

Hormone Therapy May Trigger Asthma

Postmenopausal women who used hormone therapy are at increased risk for developing asthm.../ issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. But hormone therapy does not increase the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the study adds. ...

The Link Between Hormone Therapy And Urinary Incontinence

...een used to treat postmenopausal women. Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), which consists of estrogen and prog...347 postmenapausal women ages 50 to 79 who were on hormone therapy. Study results showed menopausal hormone therapy increased the incidence of all types of U...

Thinking Could Be Affected Due To Hormone Therapy

Men who receive hormone therapy after treatment for prostate cancer may experience temporary problems remembering visual figures and recalling numbers as quickly as they once did //, according to a new study however other key mental functions, such as verbal skills, naming,...

Is Man’s Aggression Linked To His Finger

...in females. The researchers conclude that the male hormone testosterone has a total effect on the characteristics of men, including behavioral manifestations and physical attributes. ...

Cancer Patients Prone To Developing Blood Clots

...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...

IVF results may be affected by stress and other related factors

...me pregnancy is related to low levels of adrenalin hormone that is inversely related to stress. For cases whe...y were very low. The inverse relationship of the hormone adrenalin (which is released under stressful conditions) to successful IVF process shows that it is ...

Effect of estrogen on behavior difference between sexes

Researchers have found that the hormone estrogen is responsible for the way males behave i... the male fetus as the females are exposed to this hormone after birth, only when they reach puberty. This is because only a fully-grown ovary can secrete estr...

Onions to prevent osteoporosis

...of newborn mice that were treated with parathyroid hormone to simulate a situation of osteoporosis. These cells were later exposed to the peptide GPCS. The treatment with the peptide helped in controlling the bone loss by preventing the loss of bone minerals like calcium. The results prove that onion does ...

Breast cancer is associated to consuming food with high glycemic index

...ss index and physical activity, or even the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for postmenopausal women. However, associations between the risk of breast cancer and high GI value food may be slightly stronger for women with no physical activity among those who use HRT. Reference: International Journal...

Sleep cycles may be related to metabolism

...earchers have found out that reduced levels of the hormone ghrelin in the hypothalamus of the mice genetically changed had caused them to be active when the rest of the species sleep. The gene that was modified in the mice were called the clock gene and these mice had showed a new setoff behavior patters l...

Pregnancy hormone to prevent breast cancer

... study had successfully shown that pregnancy and a hormone produced during pregnancy have been called human c...in (hCG) have inhibited breast cancer in rats. The hormone that is found in placenta promotes full maturity of the breast cells, a process called differentiati...

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