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Tag: "menopausal" at medical news

Men too Experience Hot Flashes Similar to Women

...ence hot flashes similar to those// experienced by menopausal women. Using a technique called sternal skin conductance, doctors were able to positively identify hot flashes in males, a positive step toward providing therapy for those patients in need. “Most people are unaware that men can have hot flashes,” ...

Hormone Replacement Therapy – To Choose Or No

... viewed with caution. The treatment, which targets menopausal women by giving them measured doses of female horm...ghed its benefits, which were calming of traumatic menopausal symptoms. This was mainly due to a 2002 study conducted for the prestigious Women Health Initiative ...

Hot Flashes: Studies Explore the Various Possibilities Involved

Many women in the menopausal transition experience hot flashes: unpredictable, ... to alleviate hot flashes or other symptoms of the menopausal transition, may include one or more estrogens alone or in combination with progesterone or an analog...

Black Cohosh-Black Magic Against Breast Cancer

... of Medicine in Philadelphia, a herb used to treat menopausal symptoms// may do more than that. It could be used...thers, as hormone related supplements to deal with menopausal symptoms. As a part of their study to test the effects of these herbs on breast cancer, the rese...

Testosterone Cream – Ineffective in Enhancing Libido in Female Cancer Survivor

...n levels, this new study was conducted on 150 post menopausal cancer survivors. The women were divided into two groups. One group got a testosterone cream and the other received a placebo for four weeks. For the ensuing four weeks, treatment was interchanged between the groups. The groups had to answer a qu...

Post Menopausal Women are Prone to Gum Disease

... certain gum-disease-causing oral bacteria in Post menopausal women and the association of the bacteria with oral bone loss. Results showed that women infected with four bacteria known to cause periodontal disease were more likely to have more severe oral bone loss than those without these oral pathogens. ...

Jury Still Out on Cardiovascular Risk of Using HRT

...findings provide some reassurance for younger post menopausal women about the risks of CHD whilst using HRT. But, Dr Shannon Amoils, Clinical Editor of BMJ Clinical Evidence commented that the number of cardiovascular events in the study subgroups was probably still too small to allow meaningful analysis and th...

Pre- and Post-menopausal Women Responses Equally to Most Sexual Desire Cues

...men focus on negative symptoms associated with the menopausal transition, says Katie McCall, author of the study, noting that there is less understanding about the positive sexual changes experienced by post-menopausal women. In light of this, the fact that post-menopausal women did not differ significantly fro...

Effectiveness of Hormone Therapy During Menopause

...gative health effects of therapy using estrogen in menopausal women," says Asthana. "It is my belief that this study will go a long way in helping us understand the complexity of estrogen and related hormones in humans. It is critical that we continue to systematically address all of the clinical issues concer...

Making Change: The Cost of Being Transgender

...arket -- usually hormone replacement therapies for menopausal women smuggled into the United States from Mexico. "The costs vary," said Carannante. "I might be able to get hormones on the street for $20, but someone else might pay $100 dollars for the same thing. The majority of trans youth of color are not g...

Estrogen May Be a Good Therapy for Women Before They Turn 65

...y in the US to look at prevention measures in post menopausal women; the study analyzed the usage of hormone therapy in 7,153 healthy women aged 65-79 . Their cognitive health levels were tracked for an average of five years. "We found that it didn't matter how old the woman was when she started hormone ther...

Testosterone Cream Ineffective in Enhancing Libido in Female Cancer Survivors

...n levels, this new study was conducted on 150 post menopausal cancer survivors. The women were divided into two groups. One group got a testosterone cream and the other received a placebo for four weeks. For the ensuing four weeks, treatment was interchanged between the groups. The groups had to answer a qu...

Women Taking Oestrogen Therapy Showed Reduced Coronary Artery Calcification

The Research study found that younger menopausal women (aged 50-59) who received a standard dose of...ective. These results showed that in these younger menopausal women, estrogen therapy reduced calcified plaque buildup in the arteries, says Howard Hodis, M.D., P...

Study Confirms No HRT Benefit for Older Women

...e results cannot necessarily be applied to younger menopausal women starting hormone replacement therapy to relieve symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats. For these women, recent studies suggest there may be cardiovascular benefits of taking HRT around the time of menopause. The authors say that more re...

Hormone Replacement Therapy Liberation at a Cost

...levels. Therapy with hormones provides relief from menopausal symptoms and was known to reduce the risk of osteo...pular treatment, recommended not only for treating menopausal symptoms but also for long-term protection against osteoporosis and fractures, heart disease and eve...

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