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Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer: Is There a Connection?

December 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Send2Press Newswire
Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:00:10 -0500 EST

SOMERSET, N.J., Dec. 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — From the blogosphere to mainstream media, there’s been a recent-and disturbing-buzz on a connection between hormone replacement therapy and a higher risk for advanced-stage breast cancer in post-menopausal women. The recent media focus stems from a study published in the October 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Practitioners from Belvidere Pharmacy and Balancing Health, both experts in women’s health, examine the issue.

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Where Are My Ruby Slippers? A Discussion of Hormone Therapy

October 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Healthy Times Newspaper

October 7, 2010

By Lisa Lindley, M.D., FACOG

Let’s talk about hormone therapy. For years we thought hormones were the ruby slippers, the magic cure, and that everyone should be on them forever. Then in 2002, there was the WHI (Women’s Health Initiative) study. Publication of its data created a controversy over hormone therapy that continues today. There was a barrage of media coverage, filled with misinformation. Based on that, women and even many physicians decided that not only were hormones not the ruby slippers, they were poison apples. Women began throwing their hormones away, resigned to suffer the consequences. And suffer they did!

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Menopause Health: Hormone Replacement Therapy Facts

October 3, 2010 By 4 Comments

Women, Children and the Family

October 3, 2010

Are you debating hormone replacement therapy? If so, you’re not alone. According to the US Census Bureau, there were an estimated 78.2 million baby boomers, as of July 1, 2005, and over 47 million of them are women experiencing discomfort from menstruation to menopause, and even loss of libido.

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Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

July 28, 2010 By 2 Comments

EmpowHER

By Denise DeWitt

July 28, 2010

Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, also known as BHRT, is an alternative to traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Hormones are chemicals that act as messengers in the body. Some hormones regulate things like growth or metabolism. Other hormones are specifically associated with reproduction or sexual maturity. In women, these hormones include Estrogen, Progesterone, and Testosterone.

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Middle-aged? Tired? Not interested in sex? Hey, Mister … you might be in ‘male menopause’

July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Palm Beach Post

By Sonja Isger

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Posted: 3:19 p.m. Monday, July 26, 2010

Is male menopause a true medical condition or just a good punch line when you’re 50-something and not feeling quite yourself?

You know, “Oh, that male menopause must’ve kicked in?”

Could your doctor really diagnose male menopause, or is it merely a phrase that Oprah or GQ use to hook you?

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Womb cancer at ‘highest level in decades’

July 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Risk factors are connected to hormonal imbalance.
Bioidentical Hormone Health

AnnA Rushton
July 25, 2010

Cancer Research UK has highlighted the disturbing fact that the number of cases of cancer of the womb in the UK has reached a 30-year high. Their recently published study has revealed that more than 7,530 women develop the disease every year.

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FDA Rejects Another Weight Loss Drug

July 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Trading Markets

Jul 22, 2010 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) —

“The problem is that as most people age, they experience sleep disturbances,” continued Randolph. “Frequently an underlying age-related imbalance between the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone is the culprit causing persons to wake up several times a night or experience ongoing insomnia.

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Why Are Women Not Being Offered Natural Alternatives to HRT?

July 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Despite safer, effective natural options many doctors still offer women no alternative to traditional HRT.
Bioidentical Hormone Health

by AnnA Rushton

July 12, 2010

A survey carried out through Yours.co.uk in association with Phyto Soya UK has revealed that 80% of menopausal women in the UK are not being offered alternatives to HRT. Frankly, I’m surprised that 20% are being offered alternatives.

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Testing For Hormones

June 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Bioidentical Hormone Health

Dame Dr Shirley Bond
June 24, 2010

Many menopause and pre-menopause related problems relate to an imbalance of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone. Hormone levels are usually measured in blood serum but they can be measured just as accurately in saliva.

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Don’t say ‘early menopause,’ it’s primary ovarian insufficiency

May 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment

USA TODAY
By Rita Rubin
May 10, 2010

Recently graduated from college and living in Los Angeles, Christine Eads went from doctor to doctor, hoping someone could figure out why her periods had stopped and why she often awoke in the middle of the night drenched in sweat.

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