Los Angeles Times
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times
November 18, 2010|11:47 a.m.
Hormone therapy appears to affect the brain differently depending on the age of the woman when she receives it, researchers reported Thursday.
Hormone therapy may prevent — or contribute to — dementia risk
November 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Combination HRT associated with increased breast cancer risk, mortality
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
American Pharmacist’s Association
Posted by Alex Egervary (aegervary@aphanet.org)
November 18, 2010, 1:30 pm
ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS Frank Pucino, Section Advisor
Key point: According to 11-year mean follow-up data of more than 16,000 women from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study, women who used combination hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with estrogen and progesterone during the trial were at an increased risk of developing more advanced breast cancers and dying from the disease.
Scans Show How Hormone Levels Affect Female Brain
October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
U.S. News Health
Fluctuations during menstrual cycle may influence processing of emotional information, study finds
Posted: October 26, 2010
TUESDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) — Hormone levels at certain phases of the menstrual cycle affect women’s emotional responses, finds a new study.
Researchers used MRI to study the brains of women who viewed a series of pictures and rated them as pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. This test was repeated at different stages of the women’s menstrual cycles.
The HRT debate: baffling women and doctors
October 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
theage.com.au
October 24, 2010
FOR the first time in five years, Molly Hanrahan is looking forward to summer. She won’t pack a towel and change of clothes every time she leaves the house. She won’t wake up four times a night, her bed sheets drenched in sweat. In summers past, the hot flushes – up to 15 times a day – turned the 51-year-old’s life into ”absolute hell”.
And the Bad News about Hormone Therapies Continues to Accumulate…
October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
re: Cycling
October 21st, 2010 by Heather Dillaway
Yes, the hormone therapies prescribed for women in perimenopause and beyond have already been suspect. Especially after the initial Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trial results in 2002 (but even before that), researchers documented the health risks associated with the use of hormones during menopause, especially combination hormone therapies (therapies including estrogen plus progesterone, such as Prempro). SMCR’s Jerilynn Prior has done plenty of work on this as has SMCR’s Paula Derry, and WHI researchers and spokespeople have had to come out about many of the health risks as well.
The Significance Of Progesterone In The Body
October 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Article Directory
By Cecil Pyle
October 17, 2010
Progesterone is a steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy and embryogenesis of humans and other species. Progesterone is naturally produced by the body during reproductive stage. It is essential for the normalization of the menstrual cycle and regulating excessive bleeding. Progesterone is also used for hormone replacement therapy, in birth control pills and progesterone cream.
Perimenopause: When Good Hormones Go Bad
October 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
The Wall Street Journal
By Rachel Emma Silverman
October 12, 2010
Insomnia, anxiety, memory loss, mood swings. These symptoms – along with migraines, joint and muscle pain, diminished sex drive, dry skin, thinning hair, weight gain and digestive problems—are just some of the discomforts that many women in their late 30s and 40s experience in the years leading up to menopause, a period termed “perimenopause.”
PMS: Poor Memory Syndrome
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
High estrogen levels during menstruation may inhibit learning
Scienceline
By Joseph Castro | Posted October 5, 2010
Man, women have it hard.
Let’s forget about lower pay rates, and how some women will go through nine months of pregnancy and a painful childbirth.
Instead, let’s look at a woman’s closest companion: her period. (Yes, I’m a guy and I’m really talking about this.)
Low sex drive? It could be a hormone thing
September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Jamaica Observer
Here’s to your Health
With Dr Jacqueline E. Campbell
HORMONE levels may begin to change in your 30s, as you enter perimenopause, the interval in which your body begins its transition into menopause. In the years leading up to menopause, small hormonal imbalances can exist, so by the time menopause begins, you may have already experienced close to 20 years of hormonal imbalance.
A pill to boost women’s social skills
August 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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