Topic: Menopause
(Reuters) - Eating flaxseed may not ease menopausal hot flashes after all, despite some promising early evidence that it might, according to a U.S. study.Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota found that 188 women who were randomly assigned to eat ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some promising early evidence, a new clinical trial suggests that flaxseed may not ease menopausal hot flashes after all.In a study of 188 women, researchers found those who were randomly assigned to eat a daily flaxseed ...
(Reuters) - Women who spend a lot of time exercising or eat a heart-healthy diet appear to reach menopause earlier, according to a Japanese study -- findings that researchers say could be important for cancer prevention.Researchers led by Chisato Nagata at Gifu ...
A woman who at 61 is expecting not a pension check but her first baby has stirred some controversy in Brazil over just when it might be too late to give birth.The woman in question, whose case has appeared in local media, ...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Novartis's bone drug zometa" class="inform">Zometa extended survival in older breast cancer patients but failed to improve disease-free survival among younger women patients in a large-scale clinical trial, researchers said on Sunday.Detailed data presented at the European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking extra soy supplements did not help stave off artery hardening in a new study of postmenopausal women.But, researchers said, soy showed a possible benefit in young women just a few years after menopause -- warranting more ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many women who get screened for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis may not actually need such testing, a new study suggests.A number of expert guidelines say that women age 65 or older should get a bone scan to ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When postmenopausal women discontinue hormone therapy, their bone mineral density drops and their risk of a hip fracture climbs, new research suggests.Among nearly 81,000 postmenopausal women followed for six and a half years, stopping hormone therapy was ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking soy supplements may not help women ease their menopause symptoms or prevent the bone changes that start at that time of life, suggests a new study from Florida.Women who took the supplements every day for two ...
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 ...
