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Estrogen plus progestin use linked with increased breast cancer incidence and mortality

Estrogen plus progestin use is linked with increased breast cancer incidence. In addition, prognosis is similar for both users and nonusers of combined hormone therapy, suggesting that mortality from breast cancer may be ...

Cancer created Mar 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combinations of estrogen-mimicking chemicals found to strongly distort hormone action

For years, scientists have been concerned about chemicals in the environment that mimic the estrogens found in the body. In study after study, researchers have found links between these "xenoestrogens" and such problems as ...

Health created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Surgical menopause may prime brain for stroke, Alzheimer's

Women who abruptly and prematurely lose estrogen from surgical menopause have a two-fold increase in cognitive decline and dementia.

Neuroscience created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Just 'weight' until menopause: How estrogen deficiency affects women's fat absorption

Women tend to carry excess fat in their hips and thighs, while men tend to carry it on their stomachs. But after menopause, things start to change: many women's fat storage patterns start to resemble those of men. This indicates ...

Diabetes created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New DNA sequences hone in on breast, ovarian cancer risk

Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have identified new DNA sequences associated with breast cancer—the most common cancer among women, with an average risk of developing the disease of 10 percent—and ovarian cancer, ...

Cancer created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Estrogen helps keep joint pain at bay after hysterectomy

Estrogen therapy can help keep joint pain at bay after menopause for women who have had a hysterectomy. Joint pain was modestly, but significantly, lower in women who took estrogen alone than in women who took placebo in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High-fat dairy products linked to poorer breast cancer survival

Patients who consume high-fat dairy products following breast cancer diagnosis increase their chances of dying from the disease years later, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente researchers.

Cancer created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Better estrogen-testing methods needed to improve patient care

In a Position Statement unveiled today, The Endocrine Society advocates that all methods for measuring estrogens, which play a crucial role in human biology, be made traceable to a common standard.

Health created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA approves drug for older women experiencing painful sex

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to treat postmenopausal women who experience pain during sex, the agency announced Tuesday.

Medications created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Extremely high estrogen levels may underlie complications of single-birth IVF pregnancies

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified what may be a major factor behind the increased risk of two adverse outcomes in pregnancies conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Two papers published ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Meta-analyses of bisphenol A studies show human exposure is likely to be too low for estrogenic effects

A controversial component of plastic bottles and canned food linings that have helped make the world's food supply safer has recently come under attack: bisphenol A. Widely known as BPA, it has the potential to mimic the ...

Health created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estrogen may improve pathway-selective insulin resistance

(HealthDay)—Estrogen treatment at the time of surgical menopause may reverse aspects of pathway-selective insulin resistance in the liver associated with a high-fat diet (HFD) in mice by promoting insulin ...

Diabetes created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fruit and vegetable intake is associated with lower risk of ER- breast cancer

There is no association between total fruit and vegetable intake and risk of overall breast cancer, but vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) breast cancer, according to ...

Cancer created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estrogen fights urinary infection in mouse study

(Medical Xpress)—Estrogen levels drop dramatically in menopause, a time when the risk of urinary tract infections increases significantly.

Immunology created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

BPA substitute could spell trouble: Experiments show bisphenol S also disrupts hormone activity

A few years ago, manufacturers of water bottles, food containers, and baby products had a big problem. A key ingredient of the plastics they used to make their merchandise, an organic compound called bisphenol A, had been ...

Health created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast