Neuroscience
Study helps deconstruct estrogen's role in memory
The loss of estrogens at menopause increases a woman's risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, yet hormone replacement therapy can cause harmful side effects.
Sep 18, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover how some breast cancers alter their sensitivity to estrogen
Using human breast cancer cells and the protein that causes fireflies to glow, a Johns Hopkins team has shed light on why some breast cancer cells become resistant to the anticancer effects of the drug tamoxifen. The key ...
Jul 27, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer risk linked to early-life diet and metabolic syndrome
Striking new evidence suggesting that diet and related factors early in life can boost the risk for breast cancer—totally independent of the body's production of the hormone estrogen—has been uncovered by a team of researchers ...
Sep 17, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Proteomics can improve breast cancer treatment
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a protein that could help physicians decide what type of therapy patients with hormone driven breast cancer should go through. In a study, published in Nature ...
Jul 22, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
New hormonal pill may boost outcomes for older breast cancer patients
An experimental hormone therapy pill can effectively stall the progression of breast cancer, even in older patients whose tumors have mutated to make such therapy less effective, new trial results show.
Dec 7, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Female hormone supplements with estrogen and progestin linked to breast cancer risk
Postmenopausal African American women who use female hormone supplements containing estrogen and progestin ("combination" therapy) are at an increased risk for estrogen receptor positive breast cancer.
Nov 30, 2015
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Neuroscience
Low estrogen levels paired with higher CGRP levels may jump-start migraine
As estrogen levels fluctuate, a new study has found that for female participants with migraine, their levels of the protein calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) that plays a key role in starting the migraine process also ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sex change hormonal treatments alter brain chemistry
Hormonal treatments administered as part of the procedures for sex reassignment have well-known and well-documented effects on the secondary sexual characteristics of the adult body, shifting a recipient's physical appearance ...
Oct 8, 2015
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Cardiology
Does lifetime exposure to estrogen affect risk of stroke?
People with a higher cumulative estrogen exposure throughout their life may have a lower risk of stroke, according to a new study published in the February 1, 2023, online issue of Neurology. The lower risk was found for ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Health
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.
Nov 22, 2012
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