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Many chemicals unproven to raise breast cancer risk

2011-12-07T16:30:39Z

Women who want to reduce their risk of breast cancer may have heard they should avoid exposure to industrial chemicals but scientific evidence has so far not proven a direct link, said a US group Wednesday.

The review of existing studies by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), part of the US National Academies of Science, sought to separate the myth from the reality when it comes to what has -- and h...

Yoga may ease insomnia, menopause problems

2011-11-30T14:30:31Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A couple of yoga sessions a week could help ease sleep problems and other effects of menopause, a small study suggests.

The study, reported in the journal Menopause, included postmenopausal women diagnosed with insomnia.

"We are not saying that yoga can cure postmenopausal symptoms," Dr. Helena Hachul,...

Smoking linked to earlier menopause: study

2011-10-16T20:00:05Z

(Reuters) - Women who smoke may hit menopause about a year earlier than those who don't light up, according to a study that also notes an earlier menopause may influence the risk of getting bone and heart diseases.

The study, which was carried in the journal Menopause, pooled data from several previous studies that included about 6,000 women in the Reuters) - Shares of Depomed Inc fell as much as 29 percent to their lowest in a year, after the specialty pharmaceutical company said its experimental drug to treat menopausal hot flashes showed mixed results in a late-stage study.

The trial data for the drug, Serada, could be a setback for Depomed's plans to get the drug quickly to market to bols...

Japanese herb for hot flashes fails in U.S. trial

2011-07-22T12:00:26Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An herbal remedy widely used in Japan to ease menopause symptoms failed to show the same benefits in a clinical trial of U.S. women, researchers report.

The study looked at the effects of keishi-bukuryo-gan, a mix of cinnamon bark, peach pit and several...

PFCs linked to earlier menopause

2011-04-06T11:30:13Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women exposed to high levels of certain household-product chemicals may go through menopause at a younger age than other women, a new study finds.

The chemicals in question are called perfluorocarbons, or PFCs, and they have historically been widely used in products ranging from furniture and carpeting to non-stick pans, plastic food containers and clothing. Their...

Girls in girl-boy twin pairs may be a bit heavier

2011-03-18T15:00:04Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls who have a male twin seem more likely to put on a few extra pounds as they get older, suggests a new study.

Previous studies have suggested that women with a male twin have higher levels of aggressiveness and rule-breaking behavior, as well as a lower risk of eating disorders.

For this study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, Dr....

Starting HRT early raises breast cancer risk: study

2011-01-28T14:00:19Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who start hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as they begin to go through menopause have a higher risk of breast cancer than women who start taking the drugs later, researchers reported on Friday.

The findings, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, he...

Antidepressant Lexapro cuts hot flashes: study

2011-01-18T15:00:12Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The antidepressant Lexapro significantly cut the number and severity of hot flashes in healthy menopausal women, offering a new way to treat the condition without hormones, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Hormone replacement therapy or HRT is the only approved treatment for hot f...

Older U.S. women stick to hormone pills: study

2010-12-03T11:12:47Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy have fallen more than 50 percent in the United States since 2001, but doctors are still inexplicably giving women high-dose pills linked to strokes and cancer, researchers reported on Thursday.

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What Is Black Cohosh Extract?

2010-11-05T10:59:15Z

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Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 10, 2010

2010-09-10T18:02:43Z

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Texas Health Insurance Helps with the Hidden Costs of Early Menopause

2010-09-21T12:45:29Z

Early menopause occurs before age 46 and it's a problem because it can more than double the risk of having a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular problem. Surprisingly, hormone replacement therapy does not appear to help. Doctors had been prescribing hormone replacement to prevent heart disease, which is the number one killer disease of women in the U.S.

The average age for menopause is 51, and a study started in 2000 involved more than 2,500 women between 45 and 84 to learn mor...

Osteoporosis

2010-09-11T13:00:41Z

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 25, 2010

2010-09-10T17:56:15Z

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Hormone replacement may not save women's muscle

2010-09-01T12:19:19Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some earlier evidence that hormone replacement therapy after menopause can help maintain women's muscle mass, a new study suggests that any such benefit does not last.

That women's muscle mass declines after menopause has long been known, and researchers have speculated that waning estrogen levels may play a role -- raising the question of whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) ...

Estrogen-only therapy may not up lung cancer deaths

2010-08-13T16:01:20Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who use estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy don't appear to be at increased risk of dying from lung cancer.

That's according to a new analysis of earlier data from postmenopausal women who had had their uterus removed (hysterectomy).

Previous studies of women with intact uteruses had shown that taking combined estrogen and progestin -- a synthetic version of the hormone p...

What are the Three Types of Ginseng?

2010-11-05T10:58:28Z

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RESEARCH BRIEFS

2010-11-02T15:34:14Z

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Task force urges bone-density tests for more women

2010-09-01T12:19:12Z

US government task force urges more postmenopausal women to be screened for osteoporosis

Routine screening for osteoporosis should include all younger postmenopausal women who have at least the same chance of a bone break as an older woman, a government task force said Monday.

Also, for the first time, the group weighed whether men should be checked for the bone-thinning disease, but it decided there wasn't enough evidence to recommend for or against the scr...

Testosterone may not help memory after menopause

2010-07-02T14:45:15Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have wondered whether replacing the small amount of testosterone women stop producing after having hysterectomies could improve the memory loss many postmenopausal women experience. But testosterone treatment may not improve women's memory skills after such surgeries, according to a new study, suggesting that it may not help other women after menopause either.

Women who took es...

Oral Bisphosphonate Use May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

2010-11-02T13:55:51Z

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Early menopause raises heart disease risk

2010-06-21T10:15:18Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who go through menopause early, before age 46, may have more than twice the risk of having a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular event later in life, researchers reported on Monday.

The risk was the same even when women took hormone replacement therapy, which doctors once prescribed expressly to prevent heart disease, the researchers said at a meeting of Reuters) - Women who want to use hormone replacement therapy may be less likely to have a stroke if they use low-dose patches instead of pills, Canadian researchers reported on Thursday.

Their study of British women showed that those who used estrogen patches to control symptoms of menopause did not have any higher risk of stroke than women who did not use HRT.

The study, published in the Reuters Health) - Exercise may help older women maintain their bone density, but adding the supplement black cohosh to the routine does not bring any extra benefits, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that among 128 postmenopausal women they studied for one year, those who were randomly assigned to regularly exercise generally maintained their bone density. In contrast, women who were assigned to a "we...

Evidence that soy eases hot flashes inconclusive

2010-03-17T13:32:21Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite supplement makers' claims and popular perceptions, the benefits of soy in fighting hot flashes in women going through menopause remain unproven, according to a new analysis of 19 studies.

Soy contains estrogen-like compounds, and researchers have proposed that the amount of soy a woman consumes may influence her risk of having hot flashes and night sweats during menopause. These sy...

Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 15, 2010

2010-10-24T15:17:36Z

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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 11, 2010

2010-10-24T15:17:31Z

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Hormone replacement won't prevent physical decline

2010-04-16T07:53:53Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some hopeful hints from earlier research, a new study finds that older women on hormone replacement therapy may not gain any protection from disability as they age.

Researchers have speculated that waning estrogen levels may contribute to muscle loss and other declines in physical function as women age. Muscle cells have receptors for estrogen, and recent research has linked higher...

What Can Cause Postmenopausal Bleeding?

2010-10-24T15:29:39Z

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Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 24, 2009

2010-10-24T15:17:14Z

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Hormone replacement therapy tied to mental benefits

2010-04-16T08:39:57Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women who use certain forms of hormone replacement therapy seem to perform better on tests of memory and mental speed than other women do, a new study finds.

In a four-year study of 3,130 French women age 65 and older, researchers found that those currently on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) performed better on certain cognitive tests. Those who had used HRT in the past but were no...

A Decade of Great Moments in Science

2010-10-26T23:16:47Z

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Pregabalin Can Reduce Hot Flash Frequency and Severity

2010-10-24T09:51:32Z

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Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 3, 2009

2010-10-24T09:17:14Z

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Menopause Vaginal Dryness - Lets Solve the Problem

2010-09-10T08:50:57Z

Menopause Vaginal Dryness occurs when estrogen levels decrease and get extreemly low. As this is what happens with Menopause it is understandable it can lead to this condition.

Did you know that by the age of 48 75% of American women have the problem of vaginal Dryness. Yet very few recieve any kind of information about this and menopause form there doctor. Many are now turning to the Internet.

If you are under the age of 48 it is also common to experience these...

'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogen

2010-04-16T09:38:23Z

Raging hormones: Unproven 'bioidenticals' for menopause contain estrogen too, experts say

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional series examining their use and potential risks.

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Miserable in menopause, Reuters Health) - The risk for major depression more than doubles while women are going through menopause and afterward, according to research presented this week at the annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society in San Diego.

Recent studies have sugge...

Positive Data from Wyeth Drug

2010-10-22T07:26:44Z

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Wyeth Presents Data from Five-Year Vertebral Fracture Prevention Study with Bazedoxifene

2010-10-24T09:16:30Z

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Clinical Trials Update: July 22, 2009

2010-10-24T09:15:32Z

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Weight gain during menopause tied to brain changes

2010-04-16T11:18:40Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Healthy women who put on weight between the premenopausal and postmenopausal years risk losing nerve cells in the brain, research suggests.

Gaining weight is a "highly modifiable" risk factor that may be targeted to prevent or slow the progression of potentially harmful age-related changes in the brain, the Univers...

Dietary Oils May Help Weight Loss in Diabetic Older Women

2010-10-24T09:50:24Z

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Hormones may tie caffeine to cancer risk

2010-04-16T11:27:31Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Coffee and general caffeine intake may affect a woman's levels of estrogen and other sex hormones, a new study suggests -- offering a potential explanation for findings that link caffeine to certain cancers.

Several studies have found connections between caffeine and breast and ovarian cancers, though the findings have not always been consistent.

For instance, different analyses of t...

How to Control Hot Flashes with Vegetaria...

2010-10-22T08:11:32Z

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FDA Approves Reclast to Prevent Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women With Convenient Less Frequent Dosing

2010-10-24T09:14:41Z

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Study links lung cancer to menopause hormones

2010-04-16T12:02:31Z

Hormonal therapy for menopause, already linked to an increase in breast cancer and strokes, also strongly increases the risk of death among women who develop lung cancer, new research has shown.

The findings are based on secondary analyses of a study of 16,608 menopausal women in good health by the US government known as the Women's Health Initiative.

Researchers sought to evaluate the effects of

Study links lung cancer death to menopause hormones

2010-04-16T12:02:40Z

Hormonal therapy for menopause, already linked to an increase in breast cancer and strokes, also strongly increases the risk of death among women who develop lung cancer, said research released Saturday.

The findings are based on secondary analyses of a study of 16,608 menopausal women in good health by the US government known as the Women's Health Initiative.

Researchers sought to evaluate the effects of

As the leading edge of the baby boom generation finds itself firmly entrenched in middle age we are witnessing perhaps the largest population of menopausal women in the history of the western world. In t...

Menopause Drug Tied to Breast Cancer Recurrence

2010-10-26T12:00:43Z

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Menopause Drug Tied to Breast Cancer Recurrence

2010-10-23T20:48:45Z

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Breast Cancer Risk Rapidly Declines After Women Stop Taking Postmenopausal Combined Hormone Therapy

2010-10-23T20:34:13Z

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Fibromyalgia Tied to Hysterectomy, Early Menopause

2010-10-21T09:25:22Z

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Hormone Therapy Was Cause of Breast Cancer in Thousands of Women

2010-10-26T12:00:39Z

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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 13, 2009

2010-10-23T19:05:35Z

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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 9, 2009

2010-10-23T19:05:35Z

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Handout on Health: Osteoporosis

2010-09-01T12:18:30Z

Defining Osteoporosis The Occurrence and Impact of Osteoporosis Bone Basics Causes of Osteoporosis Risk Factors for Osteoporosis Risk Factors for Osteoporosis-Related Fractures Diagnosing Osteoporosis Treating Osteoporosis Preventing Osteoporosis Osteoporosis and Quality of Life Current Research Hope for the Future For More Information Medications Associated With Osteoporosis Risk Factors for Fractures When to Talk to Your Doctor About Osteoporosis Idiopathic Juvenile Osteoporosis Preventing ...

Soy: It's What Should Be for Dinner

2010-10-23T18:50:21Z

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Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 1, 2008

2010-10-23T16:03:28Z

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South Korea Koreas Clash

2011-01-05T01:31:08Z

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, shakes hands with U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)

Hawks Kings Basketball

2011-01-04T22:01:19Z

Sacramento Kings forward Carl Landry, center, goes to the basket against Atlanta Hawks forward Al Horford, right, as Hawks center Zaza Pachulia, left, of Columbus Blue Jackets' R.J. Umberger (18) scores a goal against Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov, of Russia, during the second period of an Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger, left, shoots over Iowa forward Andrew Brommer during the first half of an NCAA college basketb...

Archdiocese Bankruptcy

2011-01-04T16:30:52Z

Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki answers questions at a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in St. Francis, Wis. Listecki said the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee is directing its attorneys to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying that pending sexual-abuse lawsuits have left it w...