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Hormone Replacement Therapy Can Reduce Heart attacks On Woman Under 60

...) in their 50s to relieve menopausal symptoms like hot flashes, their risk of heart attacks or cardiac death fell by 32 percent compared with those receiving a placebo or no treatment. They also found that for women over the age of 60, HRT increased the risk of heart attacks in the first year of treatmen...

Dry Eye Is A Symptom Of Menopause

...anging hormone levels of menopause just as much as hot flashes, depression, insomnia and vaginal dryness....th certain circumstances, such as exposure to dry, hot or windy environments; however, it can also be a chronic medical condition that, if left untreated, ...

Make No Bones About It: Actress Sally, Fields Osteoporosis Like A star!

...s for its bone protecting properties and remedying hot flashes and mood swings. But HRT also came into bad light, when a government initiative, WHI, linked the prolonged use of HRT with risks of heart disease, breast cancer and even stroke. Sally Field faced a similar problem. She said “When I complete...

Women Afflicted With Dry Eyes As They Approach Menopause

...anging hormone levels of menopause just as much as hot flashes, depression, insomnia and vaginal dryness," said Phyllis E. Greenberger, the president and CEO of the Society for Women's Health Research. . "Dry eye impacts the quality of life, as well as the physical health, of 10 million Americans each ye...

Secret Herb Could Tackle Hot Flushes And Night Sweats In Breast Cancer Patients

...f this herb, normally found in any kitchen to stop hot flushes or night sweats, which necessitate changin...ptoms such as anxiety, dry skin, bone thinning and hot flushes, with some women having up to 30 flushes a day. It is too risky for them to take Hormone Rep...

Seattle, a hub for malignant melanoma? Time To Get Sunwise!

...ere seems to be enough shine, making Washington, a hot spot for sun-linked skin cancer malignant melanoma, according to the Environmental// Protection Agency. The EPA's has embarked on a SunWise Program enabling free kits to schools that comprise of 40 activity cards and a white Frisbee that changes ...

Long Term Mediation Not Advisable To Treat Hot Flashes

...r medicines may help overcome women suffering from hot flashes. // But the bad news is that those medicin...g. Statistics show that about 50 % of women have hot flashes during menopause and that 20 % of those affected seek treatment. Hot flashes are a sudden se...

Non Hormonal Therapies for Menopause Not Proved to be Effective

...hormonal therapies for the treatment of menopausal hot flashes, have been subjected to a meta analysis. /...se effects of nonhormonal therapies for menopausal hot flashes. The researchers identified 43 relevant trials, including 10 trials of antidepressants, 10 t...

PET-CT Scores High On Precision for Diagnosing Ovarian Cancer Recurrence

...%). “We undertook this study because PET-CT is a hot and emerging imaging technique, and its use continues to be evaluated for many indications in the abdomen and pelvis. Also, on CT it is difficult many times to detect ovarian cancer recurrence because of the presence of certain metastatic deposits,” ...

Celebrities Promote Healthy Lunch

...wo thirds (61%) eat takeaways during the week with hot chips (24%), hamburgers (19%) and meat pies (19%) top of the menu. v "We need to make eating a healthy lunch every day a priority. A meal that is high in fibre, low in fat and provides the long-lasting energy from low GI carbohydrates helps supply ...

Hot Tubs and Spas in the News for Safety Measures

The hot summer attracts children towards water to chill out. Places such as backyard pool, hot tub and spa are filled with fun. //But youngsters should be very for cautious and always follow the ...

Fad Diet for Fat Australians

... healthy! What We're Really Eating! A serve of hot chips (~300g) provides 45% of your recommended dai...xpend the same amount of energy in a 300g serve of hot chips. A 74kg man would need to mow a lawn for an hour and a half to expend the equivalent energy t...

Caffeine Content In Beverages To Be Identified By Home Test Kit

... that a simple method to measure caffeine, even in hot beverages, such as coffee, would be of value to in... are destroyed at high temperatures, like those of hot beverages, and consequently are not practical for use in home tests, the scientists say. To devel...

Surgery or IUD for Heavy Periods

...ining of the uterus using an electric loop, laser, hot water balloon, ultrasound or other device. These procedures have fewer risks of serious complications and can often be done on an outpatient basis. “I think we are very lucky that we have a huge range of options,” said Duleba. “Physicians should be...

Uttar Pradesh Government's Decision To Prepone Immunization Does Not Please Experts

...are, like fever. Even if a child faints due to the hot weather it will give a bad name to the campaign,' said an official....

Humans, A Symbiotic Organisms Dependent On Other Life Forms For Existence

...e were often found in extreme environments such as hot springs. It was also explained that all the donors were healthy individuals ho had not taken any antibiotics for over a year, as the drugs could disturb the bacteria in the body. Gill stated that he and his team hope now to make a comparison of the...

Study Finds - Black Holes Are The Most Fuel-Efficient Engines

... gallon (4.5 litres) of gas. Huge bubbles in the hot cosmic gas of the galaxies, can measure hundreds or even thousands of light-years across. Allen and his colleagues used NASA's orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory to measure the light-year, which is about 10 trillion km, the distance light travels i...

Harvard Begins Controversial Human Stem Cell Cloning Project

... restrictions on human ES cell work are becoming a hot issue in the run up to the US elections in November. Due to intense interest, Nature reports, researchers say that it took more than two years of review by eight committees to gain regulatory clearance for their work, which is paid for by private do...

Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms Without Consulting Doctors

... alternative therapies to relieve such symptoms as hot flashes, headaches, mood swings and sleep disruptions because of concerns about health risks associated with hormone therapy, which is still considered the most effective way of treating such difficulties. The researchers recommend that physicians le...

Rise In MRSA Infections May Imply System Failure In NHS: Study

...nt of NHS staff do not have constant access to the hot water, soap, paper towels and alcohol rubs needed to prevent the spread of hospital infection," Cunningham said. "The rise in the incidence of MRSA rates may be a symptom of a systems failure in the central and local management of the NHS."...

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