Health
Characteristics of bone loss in postmenopausal women
The longest study to assess bone mineral density of postmenopausal women has found lower bone loss than previously suggested.
Oct 20, 2021
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News tagged with hormone replacement therapy
Neuroscience
A potential end to postpartum depression
Postpartum depression affects about one in eight women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. D. Samba Reddy a professor in the department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics in the Texas ...
Oct 13, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Menopausal hormone therapy not linked to increased risk of developing dementia
Use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT, also known as hormone replacement therapy, HRT) is not associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, regardless of hormone type, dose, or duration, concludes a large UK ...
Sep 29, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
HRT could raise odds for asthma
Millions of women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to ease their transition through menopause may be unknowingly upping their risk for asthma.
Aug 3, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Seeking a unique treatment for lobular breast cancer
Though the two main histological types of breast cancer—lobular and ductal—are treated with the same hormonal therapies, women with lobular breast cancer often have recurrence or metastasis of the disease several years ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First lab-grown mini-thyroids use patients' own tissue
Hormones produced by the thyroid gland are essential regulators of organ function. The absence of these hormones either through thyroid dysfunction due to, for example, irradiation, thyroid cancer or autoimmune disease or ...
Mar 11, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Working outdoors linked to lower risk of breast cancer among older women
Working outdoors over many years is linked to a lower risk of breast cancer in women after the age of 50, finds research published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Feb 1, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Could reduced lead exposure explain the downward trend in hip fractures?
Hip fractures are one of the leading causes of hospitalization among older adults and are a strong predictor of mortality. There has been a steady and substantial decline in the incidence of hip fractures in the last four ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Health
Hormone replacement therapy prescriptions lower in the most deprived areas of England, says new study
Prescription rates for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are lower in more deprived areas of England compared to affluent areas, a new study from the University of Warwick has found.
Sep 29, 2020
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Health
Working to open up health care access to trans community
The transgender community has long dealt with poor medical care, owing to a scarcity of skilled providers and widespread discrimination. A third of all trans people in a 2015 survey reported at least one negative experience ...
Sep 1, 2020
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