Statins increase diabetes in postmenopausal women by seventy percent

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Natural News Wednesday, February 01, 2012 by: John Phillip The result of a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that statin use in postmenopausal women significantly increases the risk of developing diabetes. In spite of this damning evidence, researchers do not recommend that the American Diabetes Association guidelines for primary and secondary Continue Reading …

Women’s Dancing Hormones

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Sanesco Health in Balance Sharon Norling, MD, MBA “While imbalances in sex hormones create many symptoms in the peri-menopausal and menopausal woman, these symptoms can also stem from adrenal, neurotransmitter, and thyroid imbalances.” Hormones. Most women think of “hormones” as estrogen, progesterone andsometimes testosterone. Throughout a woman’s lifetime they experience the fluctuating hormones and attribute Continue Reading …

Oxytocin Reduces Background Anxiety in a Fear-Potentiated Startle Paradigm

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Neuropsychopharmacology Galen Missig1, Luke W Ayers1, Jay Schulkin2 and Jeffrey B Rosen1 1Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA 2Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; Behavioral Endocrinology Section, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Research Department, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC, USA Correspondence: Professor JB Rosen, Department Continue Reading …

Anti-estrogen therapy associated with reduced melanoma risk in women with breast cancer

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  HemOnc Today Posted on HemOncToday.com January 5, 2012 Women with breast cancer undergoing anti-estrogen treatment may have a lower risk for melanoma, according to researchers from Switzerland and France. Previous research has demonstrated that higher estrogen levels may be associated with melanoma etiology, suggesting that anti-estrogen use should be linked to a decreased risk Continue Reading …

NIH Study shows caffeine consumption linked to estrogen changes

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      For Immediate Release Thursday, January 26, 2012 Contact: Robert Bock or John McGrath 301-496-5133 Moderate caffeine intake associated with higher level for Asians, lower for whites Asian women who consumed an average of 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day — the equivalent of roughly two cups of coffee — had Continue Reading …

Study shows estrogen works in the brain to keep weight in check

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Southwestern Medical Center   DALLAS – Oct.  20, 2011 – 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. “Estrogen has a profound effect on metabolism,” said Dr. Deborah Clegg, associate professor of Continue Reading …

Thousands of women at risk from DES

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The Independent Thousands of women at risk from ‘silent Thalidomide’ A drug intended to prevent miscarriage is blamed for causing cancer in the daughters – and possibly even granddaughters – of women who took it decades ago. By Sarah Morrison and Jaymi McCann  Sunday, January 22, 2012 Tens of thousands of British families are to Continue Reading …

The pill, reduced period pain and the ongoing delusion

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Society for Menstrual Cycle Research re:Cycling January 20th, 2012 by Laura Wershler Is there a woman over the age of 18 anywhere who doesn’t know that taking the birth control pill can make her periods lighter and less painful? Most women know this, but not many know why. The news stories swirling around a new study Continue Reading …

Boston lawsuit claims DES-breast cancer link

In this Dec. 13, 2011 photo, breast cancer survivor Arline MacCormack speaks with a reporter at her home in Newton, Mass. A study has confirmed that the drug DES, which millions of pregnant women took decades ago to prevent miscarriage and complications, has put their daughters at higher risk for breast cancer and other health problems that are showing up now. MacCormack is one of 53 women from around the country who are suing drug companies who made and promoted DES for millions of pregnant women from about 1938 to the early 1970s. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Yahoo Finance Boston lawsuit claims link between anti-miscarriage drug and breast cancer in daughters By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer January 10, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — Arline MacCormack first heard about DES from her mother when she was 17. Three decades later, MacCormack believes that the drug her mother took to prevent miscarriages caused Continue Reading …

Intimacy Intensifies in Women’s ‘Second Adulthood’

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Womens eNews By Suzanne Braun Levine WeNews guest author Sunday, January 8, 2012 Despite conventional wisdom dictating that intimacy ends at midlife for women, Suzanne Braun Levine says this is untrue in her new book “How We Love Now.” In this except, she describes how love actually changes and deepens. Being in love knows no Continue Reading …