Oncology & Cancer

Radiotherapy-induced autophagy may enhance modulation of cell cycle

Building on prior success combining Cyclin-Dependent Kinase (CDK) inhibitors with hormone therapy to treat breast cancer, researchers are now exploring the potential integration of CDK inhibitors with radiotherapy in a paper ...

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.

Oncology & Cancer

Five-year extended hormone therapy no better in breast cancer

(HealthDay)—Extending hormone therapy by five years does not provide benefit over a two-year extension among postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer who had received five years of adjuvant endocrine ...

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 ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Study suggests memory and thinking decline in transgender adults

Research presented today (Wednesday 28 July) at the 2021 Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) in Colorado suggests transgender and non-binary adults are more likely to self-report experience of worsening ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Advancing precision hormone therapies to reduce Alzheimer's risk

A new University of Arizona Health Sciences study found women on hormone therapy were up to 58% less likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, and reduction of risk varied by type and route ...

Gerontology & Geriatrics

Q&A: Male menopause – myth or reality?

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My wife is 52 and just beginning menopause. We were talking about the changes she's been experiencing, and I was wondering if there is such a thing as male menopause. I am 58.

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