October 3, 2008 – 9:32 am
Posted by Leslie
Telegraph.co.uk
October 1, 2008
Hormone replacement therapy increases the chance of some women suffering a heart attack by almost a quarter, a new study suggests.
By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent
Taking the hormones for more than four years can raise the risk even further among women in their early 50s.
But giving different hormones at different times could cut the […]
September 18, 2008 – 11:36 am
Posted by Leslie
This important article discusses Hypothryoidism as the culprit behind menopause symptoms not the decrease in hormones (estrogen and progesterone.) Synthetic hormones in BCP’s and HRT’s affect the entire endocrine system of which the thyroid is a part. Not unusaul to think that it is the thyroid that is out of whack after years of menstrual […]
September 10, 2008 – 5:08 pm
Posted by Leslie
NewsInferno.com
September 10, 2008
Women taking hormones to relieve menopause symptoms and women taking SERMs—selective estrogen receptor modulators—to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis, have a higher risk of developing symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a study in the current issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
SERMs, such as tamoxifen, are popular in the treatment of […]
August 22, 2008 – 12:01 pm
Posted by Leslie
The following news article about hormone replacement therapy - all came out within the last week from around the world. And they all conflict. Is it any wonder that women are so confused?
Hormone therapy lifts the love life
The Dominion Post - New Zealand - Saturday, August 23, 2008
“Hormone replacement therapy could be “the female Viagra” for […]
Posted by Leslie
Two hormone-like compounds linked to soy-based foods can cause irreversible changes in the structure of the brain, resulting in early-onset puberty and symptoms of advanced menopause, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University.
July 31, 2008
Newswise — Two hormone-like compounds linked to the consumption of soy-based foods can cause irreversible […]
August 1, 2008 – 11:43 am
Posted by Leslie
ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2005) -
A new study finds men treated with hormone therapy for prostate cancer may experience temporary cognitive changes that can affect verbal fluency, visual recognition and visual memory. The study, published in the April 1, 2005 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, finds the degree of cognitive […]
August 1, 2008 – 11:14 am
Posted by Leslie
ScienceDaily (Aug. 1, 2008) —
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008, August 1).
University of Illinois researchers report this week that chronic exposure to estradiol, the main estrogen in the body, diminishes some cognitive functions. Rats exposed to a steady dose of estradiol were impaired on tasks involving working memory and response inhibition, the researchers found.
Their report […]
Posted by Leslie
The North American Menopause Society addresses the risk-benefit analysis and therapeutic issues of menopausal hormone therapy.
July 31, 2008
The North American Menopause Society has issued an update to its 2007 recommendations on the use of menopausal hormone therapy in postmenopausal women.
The position statement was created by an advisory panel of women’s health experts in the research […]
Posted by Leslie
4/17/04
NY Times
By DENISE GRADY
Despite studies in recent years finding that hormone therapy after menopause did women more harm than good, researchers at a group of major medical centers have decided to test the treatment again because they still
suspect it may have benefits, particularly for younger women. The researchers hope to find out whether hormones […]
Posted by Leslie
17:45 11 June 2008
NewScientist.com news service
Ewen Callaway
You might call it our circadian eye. A handful of retina cells sense light, not for vision, but instead to reset our body clocks each day. Killing off these cells in mice leaves their sight unharmed, but throws their clocks out of whack, two new studies show.
Jolting these […]
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