Molecule found that inhibits estrogen, key risk factor for endometrial and breast cancers
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a molecule that inhibits the action of estrogen. This female hormone plays a key role in the growth, maintenance and repair of reproductive ...
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May 09, 2012 |
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Scientists discover link between estrogen and tobacco smoke
The hormone estrogen may help promote lung cancer— including compounding the effects of tobacco smoke on the disease—pointing towards potential new therapies that target the hormone metabolism, according to new ...
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Apr 04, 2012 |
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Long-term use of estrogen hormone therapy linked to higher risk for breast cancer
In a landmark study, researchers have linked the long-term use of estrogen plus progesterone and estrogen-only hormone therapy with a higher risk for developing breast cancer.
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Apr 02, 2012 |
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Study: Long use of any hormones poses cancer risk
New research suggests that long-term use of any type of hormones to ease menopause symptoms can raise a woman's risk of breast cancer.
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Apr 01, 2012 |
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PI3K/mTOR pathway proteins tied to poor prognosis in breast cancer
Four proteins involved in translation, the final step of general protein production, are associated with poor prognosis in hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer when they are dysregulated, researchers reported at the AACR ...
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Apr 01, 2012 |
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Menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk
In the past decade, results from large prospective cohort studies and the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) randomized placebo-controlled hormone therapy trials have substantially changed thoughts about how estrogen alone and ...
Cancer
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Gender differences in liver cancer risk explained by small changes in genome
Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer compared to women, a difference attributed to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen. Although this gender difference has been known for a long time, ...
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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Breast cancer type linked to paternal cancer
The risk of breast cancer is increased by genetic and lifestyle factors such as the inherited BRCA2 gene, age of having first child, or use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). New research published in BioMed Central's ...
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Nov 28, 2011 |
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Combo hormone therapy has increased breast cancer risk over estrogen alone
The debate about using menopausal hormone therapies to relieve symptoms in post-menopausal women has been ongoing. Is the combination therapy of estrogen and progestin better or worse than just giving women estrogen alone? ...
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Nov 18, 2011 |
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Study helps eliminate causes for joint pain linked to commonly used breast cancer drugs
Researchers exploring why some women who take a common breast cancer drug develop serious joint pain have eliminated two possible causes: inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease. Because of these findings, researchers ...
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Nov 11, 2011 |
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Study shows estrogen works in the brain to keep weight in check
A recent UT Southwestern Medical Center study found that estrogen regulates energy expenditure, appetite and body weight, while insufficient estrogen receptors in specific parts of the brain may lead to obesity.
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Oct 20, 2011 |
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Gender differences in blood pressure appears as early as adolescence
The female hormone estrogen is known to offer protection for the heart, but obesity may be taking away that edge in adolescent girls. New research from the University of California at Merced finds that although obesity does ...
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Oct 14, 2011 |
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Breast tenderness in women getting combo hormone therapy associated with increase in breast density
Post-menopausal women who experience new onset breast tenderness after starting combination hormone therapy may have an increased risk of breast cancer compared to women who don't experience breast tenderness, a study by ...
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Oct 14, 2011 |
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This is your brain on estrogen
It's no secret that women often gain weight as they get older. The sex hormone estrogen has an important, if underappreciated, role to play in those burgeoning waistlines.
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Oct 04, 2011 |
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Researchers explain hormonal role in glucose and fat metabolism
Hormone researchers at the University of Houston (UH) have their sights set on providing long-term treatment options for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases by better understanding estradiol, the ...
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Sep 29, 2011 |
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