Topic: Menopause

Hormone replacement tied to lower colon cancer risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can carry serious health risks, but a new study adds to evidence that menopausal women who use the hormones may have lower odds of developing colon cancer. The study, which followed nearly 57,000 ...

Laser acupuncture fails to ease menopausal woes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women seeking relief of hot flashes and other bothersome symptoms of menopause might want to take a pass on laser acupuncture, based on a new study showing that it is largely ineffective in relieving menopausal symptoms. Laser ...

St. John's wort may cool hot flashes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The popular herbal remedy St. John's wort may help ease menopausal hot flashes, a small study suggests. St. John's wort is probably best known as an herbal antidepressant, with some clinical trials suggesting that it can help ...
Author: dr. sarkozy Most women experience abnormal uterine bleeding at least once during their reproductive years. The most ordinary times those women knowledge heavy menstrual period are during the first few years of menstruation during adolescence and during the final two to ...

Acupuncture eases tamoxifen-related hot flashes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study provides more evidence that acupuncture can help ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer who are being treated with the "anti-estrogen" drug tamoxifen. Acupuncture, researchers found, is free of side effects and has ...

Hormone replacement won't prevent physical decline

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 ...

Placebo beats black cohosh for hot flashes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black cohosh and red clover are widely promoted as helping to ease menopausal and aging-related symptoms, but a rigorously performed study has found they are no better than placebo for treating hot flashes and night sweats. That ...
Author: Brad Bahr Menopause is probably one of the most expected problems affecting women's health and menopause manifestations aren't commonly nice but are frequently uncomfortable, involving women of many different age groups even women as young as 20. Menopause is stimulated by ...

Soy compounds may not prevent bone loss

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Supplements containing soy isoflavones may do little to preserve women's bone mass after menopause. In a study of more than 200 women ages 46 to 65, researchers found that the soy supplement did not appear to ward ...

Hormone replacement therapy tied to mental benefits

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 ...