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Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility

...rgest study to date that addresses infertility and menopausal concerns among young women with breast cancer....

HRT Found To Increase Recurrence of Breast Cancer

...ving the disease and therefore subject to the same menopausal symptoms as other women. The study was expected to...e HRT for their breast cancer patients with severe menopausal symptoms because observational studies have suggested no harm from the treatment, specialists say , ...

The Existing Controversy of Hormone Replacement Therapy

...ed were 50 years old. Some of the participants had menopausal symptoms, while others did not.Results show women free of menopausal symptoms should not use HRT therapy because of the associated risk of breast cancer. Researchers say...

Evaluating The Risks and Benefits of Hormone Therapy

...d benefits of short-term use of hormone therapy in menopausal women it was found that women can // increase thei... Hormone therapy can be an effective treatment for menopausal symptoms, but are the risks worth the benefits? Question researchers . In a recent study conducted r...

Hormone therapy may affect heart attack severity in women

...n as many women take combination therapy drugs for menopausal symptoms or to protect their bones even though the drugs are no longer recommended to prevent heart disease. In a study of postmenopausal monkeys, Williams and colleagues compared the protestin in Prempro?, the most widely prescribed hormone therap...

Understanding The Risks Of Hormone Therapy

...postmenopausal hormone therapy in the treatment of menopausal symptoms among younger postmenopausal women....

The Link Between HRT And Recurrence of Breast Cancer

...ving the disease and therefore subject to the same menopausal symptoms as other women. The study was expected to...e HRT for their breast cancer patients with severe menopausal symptoms because observational studies have suggested no harm from the treatment, specialists say , ...

HRT Found To Increase Stroke Risk

... for an alternative to HRT to help cope with their menopausal symptoms //as they may be at risk of experiencing a stroke .They may be especially prone to having an ischemic stroke, which is the most common type of stroke caused by blockage of blood to the brain. Researchers studied the health data of 39,769 HR...

The Efficacy Of Hormone Replacement Therapy Studied

...ed were 50 years old. Some of the participants had menopausal symptoms, while others did not.Results showed women free of menopausal symptoms should not use HRT therapy because of the associated risk of breast cancer. Researchers say...

The Link Between Hormone Therapy And Urinary Incontinence

...ho were on hormone therapy. Study results showed menopausal hormone therapy increased the incidence of all types of UI in women who were continent at the beginning of the year. The risk was highest for stress UI, followed by mixed UI. Among women who reported having UI at the beginning of the study, both freq...

Enlarged waistline may predict atherogenesis for postmenopausal women

...or for atherogenesis and cardiac problems for post menopausal women. The study had looked into 557 women for 8....now possible to predict the cardiac health of post menopausal women through their level of triglycerides and increased waistline. Enlarged waist with elevated tri...

Brain cells associated with insomnia and obesity

...eings these cells may remain excitable in the post menopausal age in women, as at that time women report insomnia and the tendency to put on extra weight also increases. Previous studies have linked obesity to insomnia and a good night’s sleep has been suggested to overcome the problem of extra weight. The new...

Using herbal remedies with chemotherapy may not be a good idea

...ck cohosh, an herb, is often used for treatment of menopausal symptoms. However if this is used in// conjunction with the chemotherapy taken for breast cancer the results may be altered. Scientists of Yale School of Medicine in a research report have said that alternative medication or self medication taken by...

Testosterone patch for women Rejected For safety Reasons

...wants to market the patch to women who have become menopausal after ovarian surgery however due to the rejection by members of the FDA panel the drug is kept on hold until more data is available to assess the drug. At a recent meeting panel members strongly criticized the company funded clinical trials as "in...

Women who had stopped HRT get back their symptoms

...lth (NIH), postmenopausal women may get back their menopausal symptoms once they stop their hormonal therapy. T... to try out HRT for getting some relief from their menopausal symptoms, may go for estrogen alone in case she had a hysterectomy, or estrogen along with progester...

Heart Disease In Women Can Be Reduced By Eating Grapes

...had their ovaries removed were used as a model for menopausal women . The guinea pigs were fed either a control diet or a diet containing grape powder for twelve weeks. The results bore similarities to those observed in the human subjects – that is, in the grape powder group plasma triglycerides were 39 per cen...

Insight for Hot Flashes In Postmenopausal Women

... of hot flashes experienced by some women in their menopausal or postmenopausal age. Hot flashes are well known to most menopausal women—and to many who are in peri-menopause, the transition to menopause. Hot flashes tend to come o...

Risk of Breast Cancer Overestimated with Hormone Replacement Therapy(HRT) Treatment

...eplacement Therapy (HRT) is commonly advocated in menopausal woman. However taking this hormone treatment could be associated with increased chances of breast cancer and recently anxiety has been expressed. In a study published in British Medical Journal// the cumulative risk of such a cancer developing in w...

Beat menopausal symptoms with low-dose estrogen

...idered first line treatment for women experiencing menopausal hot flushes and bleeding. The June issue of Fertil... is as effective as high-dose estrogen in treating menopausal symptoms. Low-doses are actually are more effective in stopping the irregular bleeding. Dr. W...

Use parathyroid hormone to fight brittle bone disease

...ffects such as nausea and headache. With many post menopausal women developing osteoporosis, use of parathyroid hormone will surely improve their condition in a big way, it is hoped. ...

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