News tagged with hormone therapy

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

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

Multiple sclerosis successfully reversed in animals

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) completely reverses the devastating autoimmune disorder in mice, and might work exactly the same way in humans, say researchers at ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (61) | comments 17

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

Research proves 'gender-bending' chemicals affect reproduction

New research has provided the first evidence that 'gender bending' chemicals which find their way from human products into rivers and oceans can have a significant impact on the ability of fish to breed in UK Rivers.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Brain might be key to leptin's actions against type 1 diabetes

New findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggest a novel role for the brain in mediating beneficial actions of the hormone leptin in type 1 diabetes.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene-linked breast cancer risk unaffected by hormone therapy

Hormone replacement therapy and lifestyle choices do not boost the risk of breast cancer associated with a dozen common genetic mutations, according to a study published Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decline of hormone therapy decreases breast cancer cases, analysis finds

The declining use of hormone therapy among women has led to 6,000 fewer invasive breast cancer cases a year, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research quantifies and advances ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Excess body weight causes over 124,000 new cancers a year in Europe

At least 124,000 new cancers in 2008 in Europe may have been caused by excess body weight, according to estimates from a new modelling study. The proportion of cases of new cancers attributable to a body mass index of 25kg/m2 ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Hormone pills may make lung cancer more deadly

(AP) -- There's more troubling news about hormone therapy for menopause symptoms: Lung cancer seems more likely to prove fatal in women who are taking estrogen-progestin pills, a study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Studies don't end prostate cancer test controversy

(AP) -- Two big prostate cancer studies were intended to settle the question of whether screening for the disease really does save lives. Now the long-awaited results are in - but the debate goes on.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Hormone therapy linked to brain shrinkage, but not lesions

Two new studies show that commonly prescribed forms of postmenopausal hormone therapy may slightly accelerate the loss of brain tissue in women 65 and older beyond what normally occurs with aging.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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

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

Hormone therapy

Hormone therapy, or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also referred to as hormonal therapy. Wikipedia has the following articles regarding this topic:

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