News tagged with hormonal therapy

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Caution for estrogen therapy after hysterectomy

An editorial in the April 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association cautions against estrogen-only hormone therapy in women who have had a hysterectomy because of longstanding evidence that it raises the ri ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stress hormone cortisol to help overcome phobias

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers are showing the potential benefit of using the stress hormone Cortisol in addition to exposure therapy to hel ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Association found between industry funding and promotional pieces on menopausal hormone therapy

There may be a link between receiving industry funding for speaking, consulting, or research, and the publication of apparently promotional opinion pieces on menopausal hormone therapy. Furthermore, such publications may ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study finds breast cancer incidence rates no longer declining in US women

A sharp decline in breast cancer incidence rates among non-Hispanic white women in the U.S. after a dramatic drop in the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy did not continue through 2007, according to a new study from the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sterility in frogs caused by environmental pharmaceutical progestogens

Frogs appear to be very sensitive to progestogens, a kind of pharmaceutical that is released into the environment. Female tadpoles that swim in water containing a specific progestogen, levonorgestrel, are subject to abnormal ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estrogen linked with lower dementia risk when taken in middle age, higher risk later in life

Estrogen therapy taken around the time of menopause was associated with a lowered risk of dementia in old age, but when taken in late life was linked with an increased dementia risk, according to a study led by a physician ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormone therapy begun at menopause may pose risk for breast cancer

Starting hormone therapy at around the time of menopause is associated with a greater risk of breast cancer compared to starting after a longer gap, according to a study published online Jan. 28 in The Journal of the Na ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers unlock how progesterone increases breast cancer risk

Researchers have identified how the hormones progesterone and estrogen interact to increase cell growth in normal mammary cells and mammary cancers, a novel finding that may explain why postmenopausal women receiving hormone ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Scientists identify avoidable breast cancer risk factors

Many risk factors for breast cancer are well studied and documented. Thus, scientists are sure by now that early first menstrual period, late onset of menopause and a family history of breast cancer are associated with an ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Light therapy promising for treating major depression

(PhysOrg.com) -- A small clinical trial in The Netherlands suggests bright light therapy may be a useful treatment for the symptoms of major depression in older adults.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 07, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Estrogen alone is effective for reducing breast cancer risk

While endogenous estrogen (i.e., estrogen produced by ovaries and by other tissues) does have a well-known carcinogenic impact, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) utilizing estrogen alone (the exogenous estrogen) provides ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors failing to prescribe low-dose menopausal hormone therapy, study finds

Doctors across the country are still prescribing higher-dose menopausal hormone therapy pills, despite clinical evidence that low doses and skin patches work just as well and carry fewer health risks. That's what researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reduced hormone therapy linked with drop in breast cancer rates

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new UCSF study of more than 2 million mammogram screenings performed on nearly 700,000 women in the United States, scientists for the first time show a direct link between reduced hormone therapy and ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hormone therapy may prevent -- or contribute to -- dementia risk

Hormone therapy appears to affect the brain differently depending on the age of the woman when she receives it, researchers reported Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hormone therapy use may increase or decrease dementia risk depending upon timing

Compared to women never on hormone therapy, those taking hormone therapy only at midlife had a 26 percent decreased risk of dementia; while women taking HT only in late life had a 48 percent increased risk of dementia, according ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0