News tagged with hot flashes
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Integrative Way: Hope for menopausal symptoms
As many women know, the Women's Health Initiative Study from 2002 showed that estrogen was not the dream treatment for menopausal symptoms that we once thought it was; estrogen treatment after menopause, especially when combined ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Study: Flaxseed doesn't reduce women's hot flashes
Women looking for a natural remedy for a common menopause problem have a disappointment: A new study has found that eating flaxseed does not curb hot flashes.
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Jun 05, 2011 |
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Menopausal hot flashes may be a good sign for heart
You are enjoying a night out with friends when it starts; first you feel flush, then a sensation of warmth crawls down your body. Soon you begin perspiring and you feel as if everyone around you can tell what is happening ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Use of antidepressant associated with reduction in menopausal hot flashes
Women who were either in the transition to menopause or postmenopausal experienced a reduction in the frequency and severity of menopausal hot flashes with the use of the antidepressant medication escitalopram, compared to ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 18, 2011 |
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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 ...
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Dec 02, 2010 |
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Poll: Boomers unhappiest over their own sex life
(AP) -- Baby boomers are the unhappiest age group when it comes to their sex life.
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Research looks at cooling off hot flashes
If you've ever watched a woman go from perfectly calm, cool and collected one minute to uncomfortable, red-faced and fanning herself frantically the next, then you've likely witnessed a hot flash. Now imagine ...
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Women with breast cancer find relief for hot flashes with non-hormonal treatments
Many women enduring hot flashes experience the heat, sweat and reddened upper body as an uncomfortable inconvenience. However, hot flashes can greatly diminish a woman’s quality of life, disrupting sleep at night or causing ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Progesterone is effective for hot flash treatment and provides an alternative to estrogen
Postmenopausal women who experience bothersome hot flashes or night sweats may have an alternative treatment to estrogen. According to a new study, oral micronized progesterone relieves those symptoms. The results will be ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Acupuncture reduces hot flashes, improves sex drive for breast cancer patients
Not only is acupuncture as effective as drug therapy at reducing hot flashes in breast cancer patients, it has the added benefit of potentially increasing a woman's sex drive and improving her sense of well-being, according ...
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Seizure drug enhances sleep for women with hot flashes
Gabapentin, a drug initially used to treat seizures, improves sleep quality in menopausal women with hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report online and in the September issue of the Journal of ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Botanicals have no effect on hot flashes or cognition: Study (w/ Podcast)
Two studies conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University have found that commonly used botanicals do not have an effect on hot flashes or on cognitive function in menopausal ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Researchers: agent provides treatment option for women with hot flashes
A pill used for nerve pain offers women relief from hot flashes, Mayo Clinic researchers report at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
May 15, 2009 |
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Omega-3s ease depressive symptoms related to menopause
Omega-3s ease psychological distress and depressive symptoms often suffered by menopausal and perimenopausal women, according to researchers at Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine. Their study, published in the ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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