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Women who have menopause early have more than twice the risk of cardiovascular trouble, heart attack and stroke later in life, new research released Monday found. Researchers in this case defined early menopause as coming before the age of 46 either naturally or with the surgical removal of both ovaries. "It is important for women to know that early menopause ...
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 ...
(Reuters) - GTx Inc said its experimental drug to treat muscle loss was effective in increasing lean body mass and leg muscle strength in post-menopausal women. The trial tested the drug Ostarine in 88 post-menopausal women, who received either a 3 mg dose of the drug along with two doses of another drug MK-3984, or a dummy drug. This is the ...
(Reuters) - GTx Inc said its experimental drug to treat muscle loss was effective in increasing lean body mass and leg muscle strength in post-menopausal women. The trial tested the drug Ostarine in 88 post-menopausal women, who received either a 3 mg dose of the drug along with two doses of another drug MK-3984, or a dummy drug. This is the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Postmenopausal women who eat foods rich in estrogen-like plant chemicals called lignans may have a modestly decreased risk of developing breast cancer, a research review suggests. In an analysis of 21 studies published in the past 13 years, researchers found that postmenopausal women who reported the highest intakes of dietary lignans were 14 percent less likely ...
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 patches to control symptoms of menopause did not have any higher risk of stroke than women who did ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The antidepressant citalopram may help lessen the severity of menopausal hot flashes, at least in the short term, a new clinical trial suggests. The findings, from a seven-week study of 254 women, add to evidence that certain antidepressants can offer relief from severe hot flashes. Studies have found that some antidepressants in the class known as ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small new study has found that taking soy supplements may help postmenopausal women slim down. The effect, however, differed between African-Americans and whites: While white women lost more fat around their middles, black women showed greater overall reductions in body fat, researchers found. Researchers have been interested in soy's potential for treating problems that ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Walking for 45 minutes a few times a week may help women in the "battle of the bulge" that often accompanies menopause, and at the same time improve overall well being, hints new research from Canada. Pointing out that the 45 minutes can be broken up into shorter jaunts, researcher Dr. Pascale Mauriège, of Quebec's ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) cuts a woman's risk of developing colon cancer, new research confirms. Millions of women stopped taking HRT when a Women's Health Initiative study showed in 2002 that the hormones raised the risk of stroke, heart disease and breast cancer. But the Women's Health Initiative had also found that HRT ...
