News tagged with estrogen
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THC exposure as adolescents linked to negative effects of THC as adults
In earlier studies, researchers at Louisiana State University had found that estrogen - or more precisely, having ovaries - made adult rats exposed for the first time to THC, the primary ingredient in marijuana and hashish, ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Oral contraceptives associated with increased risk of lupus
The ratio of women to men with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is nine to one and the incidence increases after puberty. Hormones secreted by the body are therefore believed to play an important ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Glaxo seeks OK to expand breast cancer drug use
(AP) -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC on Wednesday applied for approval in the U.S. and Europe to sell an existing breast-cancer drug as a first-line treatment.
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Balancing hormones may help prevent preterm births
The relationship between two different types of estrogen and a hormone produced in the placenta may serve as the mechanism for signaling labor, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 01, 2009 |
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New study suggests Rx estrogen delivery through the skin may show safety benefits as opposed to oral delivery
Transdermal delivery of estrogen therapy available by prescription "seems not to alter" the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clotting, in postmenopausal patients when compared to oral delivery, a new study suggests. ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Hormone-mimics in plastic water bottles -- just the tip of the iceberg?
In an analysis1 of commercially available mineral waters, the researchers found evidence of estrogenic compounds leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. What's more, these chemicals are potent in vivo and result ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Estrogen activates critical lung genes to improve lung function following preterm birth
Estrogen may be a new postnatal therapy to improve lung function and other outcomes in preterm infants, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Two food additives with previously unrecognized estrogen-like effects in two food additives
Scientists in Italy are reporting development and successful use of a fast new method to identify food additives that act as so-called "xenoestrogens" — substances with estrogen-like effects that are stirring ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Estrogen found to increase growth of the most common childhood brain tumor
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered that estrogen receptors are present in medulloblastoma—the most common type of pediatric brain tumor—leading them to believe that anti-estrogen drug treatments may ...
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Breast cancer rates fall steeply in women who quit combination hormones, follow-up shows
Breast-cancer rates fell steeply and swiftly among postmenopausal women who quit combination hormones in 2002 after warnings about its potential hazards.
Feb 05, 2009 |
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New evidence of hormone therapy causing breast cancer, professor says
Postmenopausal women who take combined estrogen plus progestin menopausal hormone therapy for at least five years double their annual risk of breast cancer, according to new analyses from a major study that clearly establishes ...
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Study identifies potential 'safe period' for hormone replacement use
A new study makes important new findings on the role of hormone use on the risk of breast cancer, confirming that the use of estrogen plus progesterone increases the risk of both ductal and lobular breast cancer far more ...
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Breast cancer drug shows promise for treating, preventing progestin-dependent tumors
Recent studies suggest that human breast cancer risk is increased by outside exposure to the hormone progestin, such as during hormone replacement therapy. Now, a University of Missouri study suggests that PRIMA-1, a small ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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