News tagged with low estrogen levels

Contraceptive use may be safe, but information gaps remain

Introduced in the 1960s, oral contraceptives have been used by about 80 percent of women in the United States at some point in their lives. For women without pre-existing risks for heart disease, the early formulations were ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

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New sensors streamline detection of estrogenic compounds

Researchers have engineered new sensors that fluoresce in the presence of compounds that interact with estrogen receptors in human cells. The sensors detect natural or human-made substances that alter estrogenic signaling ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Gulf of Mexico dead zone severely impairs reproduction in Atlantic croaker

(PhysOrg.com) -- Atlantic croaker living in the large Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" exhibit severe reproductive impairment with potential long-term impacts on the fish's population abundance, researchers from ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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Physical disabilities add challenge to pregnancy

(AP) -- Her first pregnancy brought Dianna Fiore Radoslovich a break from the weakness and pain of her multiple sclerosis.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Soy isoflavones not a risk for breast cancer survivors

Soy food consumption did not increase the risk of cancer recurrence or death among survivors of breast cancer, according to the results of a study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers find possible clues to tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer patients

Breast cancer patients who become resistant to tamoxifen may have low levels of a protein called Rho GDI-alpha, according to a study published online March 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Exposure to chemicals in environment associated with onset of early menopause

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that higher levels of perfluorocarbons (PFCs) in the body are associated with increased odds o ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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New biological pathway identified for post-traumatic stress disorder

High blood levels of a hormone produced in response to stress are linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in women but not men, a study from researchers at Emory University and the University of Vermont has found.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Skeleton regulates male fertility

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered that the skeleton acts as a regulator of fertility in male mice through a hormone released by bone, known as osteocalcin.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Hot flushes are linked with a significant reduction in breast cancer risk

Women who have experienced hot flushes and other symptoms of menopause may have a 50 percent lower risk of developing the most common forms of breast cancer than postmenopausal women who have never had such symptoms, according ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Smoking may be associated with increased risk of breast cancer: study

Smoking before menopause, especially prior to giving birth, may be associated with a modest increase in the risk of developing breast cancer, according to a report in the January 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Health

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