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Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms Without Consulting Doctors

...e herbal therapies and soy products to treat their menopausal symptoms. // The trend is of particular note be...out of 10 reported having experienced at least one menopausal symptom at some point. When it came to treating their symptoms, 37 percent reported using hormone th...

Grumpy Women: Society Not Hormones At Fault

...rld contributed to the creation of the 'myth' that menopausal women required hormone replacement therapy to check their 'psychological turmoil'. "The rates of depression in women actually fall with age, with only seven per cent of women aged 45-54 experiencing depression," Prof Ussher said....

Women With Severe Hot Flashes May Have Increased Chronic Sleep Problem

... a lot of other factors do also influence sleep in menopausal women, the exact link between hot flashes and inso...hers also examined how insomnia related to women’s menopausal status and found that women in perimenopause were more likely to have difficulty falling asleep, non...

Gabapentin Reduced Menopausal Symptoms as Estrogen – Study Find

...of Rochester when investigating for an alternative menopausal treatment have found that //gabapentin drug treated hot flashes as good as estrogen. Gabapentin, a seizure drug lowered hot flashes by regulating the flow of calcium in and out of the cells, which helped in lowering body temperature. flow risks l...

Childhood Cancer could Predispose to Premature Menopause

...the most common risk factors associated with early menopausal symptoms. Over 70% of children or adolescents diagnosed with cancer will survive long-term. Survivors have an increased risk of premature menopause, defined as menopause before age 40. Charles A. Sklar, M.D., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ce...

Diabetic Women Show Increased Risks of Hip Fracture

...cal activity, smoking, postmenopausal hormone use, menopausal status, as well as daily intake of calcium, vitamin D, and protein, the risk of hip fracture was seen to be over six times higher in women with type 1 diabetes and over two-times higher in women with type 2 diabetes. While the mechanisms involved i...

Alternative Therapies May Not Ease Menopause Symptoms

...cians and patients began to seek other options for menopausal symptoms. Anne Nedrow, M.D., Oregon Evidence-bas...cebo effect is consistent with preexisting work of menopausal hormonal therapies," the authors write. "A study of estrogen compared with placebo reported a 50 per...

Study Indicates An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer In Women Undertaking Estrogen and Testosterone Therapy

...veys every two years that included questions about menopausal status, medical conditions and the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy. For those who reported a diagnosis of breast cancer, medical records were reviewed for verification. During 24 years of follow-up, 4,610 cases of breast cancer occurred among...

Cocoa Has The Ability To Improve Blood Circulation

... to new research. It can also help blood flow// in menopausal women with high cholesterol.'The totality of this research is impressive and gives us new insights into how cocoa flavanols may improve health in a variety of ways not previously known,' said Harold Schmitz, PhD, Chief Science Officer of Mars, Incorp...

A Balancing Act: Hormones and the Skin

...fewer acne flares. Menopause and Hormones During menopausal years, several hormonal changes occur. The estrogen level in the body begins to lower and women will begin to notice a thinning of their skin and loss of elasticity. The skin also becomes drier during these years as the oil glands in the skin become ...

Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

... body temperature ( The group was subdivided into menopausal (n=30) and perimenopausal (n=20) women. During the...eight, basal temperature and a subjective score of menopausal symptoms were obtained at each visit. Hormone dosing was then adjusted based on patient’s symptoms. ...

HRT: Boon or Bane?

...HRT, should it be taken? // HRT can help women at menopausal stage to cope with various problems like hot flashes etc. But there are several side effects to think about. According to recent reports, HRT is connected with a 110 % increase in breast cancer risk among smokers, a 41 % rise in stroke risk and a 22 ...

Study Focuses on Women's Health After Breast Cancer

... the risk of recurrence. Data on hormone levels, menopausal status, body composition, diet, physical activity, psychological variables, genetic makeup will be collected at baseline, at six months and annually for two years. Mammographic density levels will be monitored annually as an indicator of breast cance...

Alternative therapy – an alternative to HRT

... women going in for alternative therapies to treat menopausal symptoms instead of the regular hormone replacemen...T by around 40% of the women seeking treatment for menopausal symptoms. A 50 – 60% decrease in symptoms was observed with alternative therapies while traditional ...

Migraine in women

...arly menopause -- Changing hormone levels make the menopausal transition challenging for many women with migraines. Studies found that hormonal manipulation and long cycle usage of low-dose oral contraceptives have been useful in managing these migraines. Late menopause -- Migraines beginning after age 65 is ...

Hot Flashes Could Be Minimized By Rhubarb Extract

...ommon. It is during this period that 80 percent of menopausal women in Western countries experience hot flashes, which can be debilitating in some cases. Hormone Replacement therapy was the usual treatment for such symptoms, but it was discontinued after it emerged that it would cause breast cancer. RAS...

Arimidex-Herceptin Combo Therapy For Breast Cancer-Clinical Trial Findings

News of interest for post menopausal women with breast cancer positive to hormone receptors and HER2 -addition of both Herceptin (trastuzumab) from Roche// and Arimidex (anastrozole) from AstraZeneca to their treatment improves the length of progression free time by 4.8 months. A Phase...

New Guidelines for Osteoporosis treatment

... density in order to prevent fragile bones. Post menopausal women at any age are given bisposphanates and strontium ranelate. But Nice wants to execute guidelines according to which, only women above the age of 75 would be entitled to the drugs on the NHS. Angela Jordan, deputy chief executive of the Natio...

Colas can cause bone loss in old women

...hree hip sites, regardless of factors such as age, menopausal status, total calcium and vitamin D intake, or use of cigarettes or alcohol. However, this was not so for men, they reported. The authors said they were not certain why women who drank more colas had lower bone mineral density and not men. In the...

Consumption of Colas Increase Risk of Osteoporosis in Older Women

...hree hip sites, regardless of factors such as age, menopausal status, total calcium and vitamin D intake, or use of cigarettes or alcohol. However, cola consumption was not associated with lower bone mineral density for men at the hip sites, or the spine for either men or women. The results were similar for d...

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