Menopause Symptoms May Come Back After Stopping Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Women who take soy or herbal supplements, such as black cohosh, red clover and ginseng, should do so with care, says a Cornell University expert affiliated with the Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) at Cornell, the land-grant institution of New York state. "Although there is no direct evidence that any herbal medicines can increase or decrease breast cancer ri...Ultra low-dose estrogen shown safe for post-menopausal women
A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center has shown that extremely low doses of estrogen had no ill effects on the cognitive abilities or general health of older women over the course of two years. "This is exciting. It shows that women can take estrogen safely," observes lead author Kristine Yaffe, MD, chief of geriatric psychiatry at SFVAMC and associate professo...Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with CAD
Transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not reduce the risk of cardiac events in postmenopausal women with existing coronary artery disease (CAD). In the PHASE trial (Papworth HRT Atherosclerosis Study), researchers randomized 255 postmenopausal women with angiographically proven coronary artery disease to receive either transdermal HRT--17-beta-estradiol with or without cy...Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with Coronary Artery Disease
Transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not reduce the risk of cardiac events in postmenopausal women with existing coronary artery disease (CAD). In the PHASE trial (Papworth HRT Atherosclerosis Study), researchers randomized 255 postmenopausal women with angiographically proven coronary artery disease to receive either transdermal HRT--17-beta-estradiol with or without cy...Exercise The Ideal Solution For Postmenopausal Women
Menopause can bring about some negative health consequences, but new research shows postmenopausal women who exercise have // reduced bone loss, reduced back pain, and lower cholesterol levels. For the study researchers included 50 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who were not on any medications and had no diseases that affect bone metabolism. These women participated in an exercis...Enlarged waistline may predict atherogenesis for postmenopausal women
A recent study had suggested that an increasing waistline, along with the elevated levels of triglycerides may// be a strong predictor for atherogenesis and cardiac problems for post menopausal women. The study had looked into 557 women for 8.5 yrs to estimate the risk of cardiovascular mortality and the progression rate atherogenesis. Atherogenesis is the process of plaques etc formi...Research explains why postmenopausal women accumulate abdominal fat.
Women often had complained of a sudden increase in weight, especially around// their abdominal area, after reaching menopause. For women, this sudden influx of weight often results in obesity that brings with it a new set of problems like a rise in type 2 diabetes cases, cardiovascular diseases and other related health disorders. Researchers say that this weight gain may be...Once-yearly Reclast Significantly Reduced Bone Fractures in Women with Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
- Study of over 7,700 women published today shows reduction of 70percent in spine fractures and 41 percent in hip fractures EAST HANOVER, N.J., May 02, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A once-yearlytreatment of Reclast(R) (zoledronic acid) Injection significantlyreduced the incidence of all types of osteoporotic bone fracturesover three years in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Thisstudy, publ...