Topic: Joann Manson

Hormone patch may be safer for women

WASHINGTON (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 ...
Unproven 'bioidenticals' for menopause contain estrogen too, experts sayEDITOR'S NOTE: "Anything I can put into my body that's natural has to be better," said Alsgaard, a California audiologist who admitted having "no knowledge base to go on other than fear" when she ...
Women who took menopause hormones for 5 years doubled risk of breast cancer, new study showsTaking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic ...
Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life _ unless they take estrogen until age 50, a new study suggests.Experts said the research needs to be confirmed by ...
Ovary Removal Before Menopause Raises Risk for Dementia Unless Estrogen Taken, Study SuggestsWomen who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life _ unless they take estrogen until age 50, ...
New Research Suggests Estrogen Pills May Lessen Artery Buildup for Some Younger WomenFive years after a landmark study scared millions of women off hormones for menopause symptoms, new research suggests the pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who ...

Estrogen May Lower Younger Women's Heart Risk

6/20/2007 Print E-mail Women in their 50s who take estrogen therapy have lower levels of dangerous calcium deposits in their arteries, suggesting they're at reduced heart disease risk, researchers say.. The findings should "provide reassurance to younger women who are wrestling with ...
Five years after a landmark study scared millions of women off hormones for menopause symptoms, new research suggests the pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who start taking them in their 50s.Women who took estrogen suffered less hardening ...