News tagged with hormone therapy

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Hot flashes take toll on life, health, and work

Hot flashes put a damper on women's health and productivity at work and pump up the cost of health care. A study published online this month in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS), has pu ...

Health created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research identifies effective treatment for common gynecological problem

New research from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) found a progestogen-only treatment halted bleeding in women suffering from extremely heavy periods, according to the study published online by the ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Accelerated biological aging, seen in women with Alzheimer's risk factor, blocked by hormone therapy

Healthy menopausal women carrying a well-known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease showed measurable signs of accelerated biological aging, a new study has found.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood may hold clues to risk of memory problems after menopause, study finds

New Mayo Clinic research suggests that blood may hold clues to whether post-menopausal women may be at an increased risk for areas of brain damage that can lead to memory problems and possibly increased risk of stroke. The ...

Neuroscience created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Could duration of prostate cancer hormone therapy be halved?

(HealthDay)—For some men with prostate cancer, hormonal therapy to beat the disease could be safely cut from three years to half that time, a new clinical trial suggests.

Cancer created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study drug is first to help patients with recurrent low-grade ovarian cancer

Low-grade serous ovarian cancer is less common and aggressive than the high-grade variety, yet exceptionally difficult to treat when frontline therapy fails.

Cancer created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prostate cancer cells thrive on stress

Not surprisingly, a cancer diagnosis creates stress. And patients with prostate cancer show higher levels of anxiety compared to other cancer patients.

Cancer created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early surgical menopause linked to declines in memory and thinking skills

Women who undergo surgical menopause at an earlier age may have an increased risk of decline in memory and thinking skills, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's ...

Neuroscience created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HRT for postmenopausal symptoms can be recommended as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy

Herbal and complementary medicines could be recommended as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for treating postmenopausal symptoms says a new review published today in The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (TOG). ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some men voice complaints of shortened penis following prostate cancer treatment

A small percentage of men in a prostate cancer study complained that their penis seemed shorter following treatment, with some saying that it interfered with intimate relationships and caused them to regret the type of treatment ...

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Low insulin secretion tied to depressive symptoms in women

(HealthDay)—Middle-aged women with insulin secretion levels in the lowest quintile appear to have more than twice the risk of developing new-onset depressive symptoms compared with those with higher insulin ...

Diabetes created Dec 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New hormone therapy shows promise for menopausal symptoms in animal model

Investigators at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have concluded research on a new postmenopausal hormone therapy that shows promise as an effective treatment for menopausal symptoms and the prevention of osteoporosis without ...

Medical research created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Combined RB and PTEN loss identifies DCIS primed for invasive breast cancer

The combined loss of two tumor suppressor genes, retinoblastoma (RB) and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) was shown to be strongly associated with progression of DCIS to invasive breast cancer, according to a study published ...

Cancer created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Soy-rich diets may not prevent hot flashes in most menopausal women

(HealthDay)—Consuming soy products doesn't prevent hot flashes and night sweats in most women, a large study suggests.

Health created Nov 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genome packaging: Key to breast cancer development

Cancer is a complex disease and only thanks to advances in genomic techniques have researchers begun to understand, at a cellular and molecular level, the mechanisms which are disrupted in cancer cells. This ...

Cancer created Nov 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0