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

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 ...

Paternal smoking linked to menopause age in daughters

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If men smoke when their partners are pregnant, their daughters may end up reaching menopause about a year earlier than their peers, according to a study.Previous research has found that a woman's own smoking habits, as well ...

Dad's smoking linked to menopause in daughters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When men smoke while their partners are pregnant, their daughters may end up hitting menopause about a year earlier, suggests a new study.Previous research has found that a woman's own smoking habits, as well her partner's, may ...

Menopause age related to when mom went through it

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The age at which women go through menopause depends a lot on when their relatives did, according to new study findings.Specifically, women whose mothers or sisters experienced menopause by age 45 were roughly 6 times more likely ...

Hot flashes may last a decade or more: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The hot flashes that are common during and after menopause may last an average of more than 10 years, more than twice as long as previously assumed, according to a U.S. Study.The research, published in "Obstetrics and ...

Mindfulness classes help women with hot flashes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with severe hot flashes said their quality of life improved after taking mindfulness classes that included meditation and stretching exercises, according to a new study.The findings also suggest that such classes could help improve sleep quality, ...

Hot flashes, night sweats tied to heart risks

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women who have hot flashes and night sweats at the start of menopause may be less likely to have a heart attack later in life, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.But women who develop these symptoms later in menopause may ...

Study finds no evidence black cohosh damages liver

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite reports of liver damage in some women using black cohosh to ease menopause symptoms, clinical trials testing one major brand of this herb have so far found no evidence that it is to blame, according to ...

More support for soy after breast cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More evidence suggests eating soy may pose a slight benefit to some women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, but it's too early to recommend cancer survivors change their diets, some experts say.Among more than 500 ...

Breast cancer rates fell with hormone therapy drop

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Breast cancer rates among postmenopausal women in Canada dropped nearly 10 percent after news of a big study in 2002 that found taking hormone replacement therapy could increase breast cancer risk, researchers said on Thursday.The decline coincided with a ...