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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...
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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...

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Anastrozole (Arimidex) Improves Overall Survival in Postmenopausal Women with Early Breast Cancer Receiving Treatment with Tamoxifen

Survival Benefit Demonstrated for an AI Over Tamoxifen ina Single Trial LUTON, UK, Friday 15 June 2007: Analysis of the entirepopulation of a single trial has demonstrated that survival inearly breast cancer can be significantly improved by switching fromtamoxifen to anastrozole (Arimidex). An analysis of the'Arimidex'-'Nolvadex 95' (ARNO 95) study, published online in TheJourna...

Wyeth Presents Phase 3 Data for Pristiq, an Investigational Non-Hormonal Therapy for Menopausal Hot Flashes and Night Sweats

First Scientific Presentation for Pristiq Occurs at the 55th AnnualClinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians andGynecologists COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., May 09, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WyethPharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth , presented results from thefirst Phase 3 studies evaluating Pristiq(TM) (desvenlafaxine) forthe treatment of moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms (...

New Position Statement from The North American Menopause Society Addresses Use of Local Estrogen for Treatment of Vaginal Atrophy in Postmenopausal Women

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2007 - An evaluation of thesafety and effectiveness of local vaginal estrogen therapy for thetreatment of vaginal atrophy, a frequent complaint ofpostmenopausal women, has just been released by The North AmericanMenopause Society (NAMS). Entitled "The role of local vaginalestrogen for treatment of vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women:2007 position stat...

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...

Newly Published Study Reveals Femara Improves Chances for Harder to Treat Early Breast Cancer Relapse in Postmenopausal Women

FRIMLEY, SURREY, England, April 30, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- - Femara reduces the risk of breast cancer spreading to thelungs, the brain or the bone which has a worse prognosis than whenthe cancer is localised to the breast Newly published data in the May issue of Annals of Oncology,Oxford University Press show that after two years of post-surgicaltherapy, postmenopausa...

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