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Australia Encourages Women To Take Action To Manage Menopause symptoms

The Australian Government seems to be taking a somewhat difference and possibly enlightened stance in HRT recommendations compared to Canada or the US.  According to the Government Monitor, for women who decide to use a medicine to manage menopause symptoms, the National Prescribing Service  has determined that Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is the most effective treatment.  However, NPS clinical adviser, Judith Mackson said, “The decision to use HRT should be made jointly between the woman and her doctor, and should take into consideration the severity of symptoms, the individual’s medical history, their family medical history and preference of treatment... »

Hormone Mix Could Cut Breast Cancer Risk and Treat Symptoms of Menopause

New Haven, Conn. — The right combination of estrogen and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which blocks the effects of estrogen in breast tissue, could relieve menopause symptoms and cut breast cancer risk, Yale researchers report in an abstract presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) scientific meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-21. Women in menopause who have... »

Late Menopause increases chance of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is one of the leading cancer killers of women. Approximately one out of nine American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime and more than 44 thousand women die each year from this form of cancer.  Yet almost 90 percent of women who get breast cancer can survive if it's caught early enough. You have a higher risk... »


Study looks at easing menopausal side effects

University Hospitals has begun a clinical-research study to examine the safety and efficacy of the anti-estrogen drug bazedoxifene combined with estrogen on relief of hot flashes and other menopausal side effects. Previously published data suggests that the combination of estrogen and... »

The new zero … shorter and heavier

According to the UK Telegraph, researchers at Yale claim that if  the trends their research detected are representative and continue for another 10 generations, the average woman in 2409AD will be 2cm (0.8in) shorter and 1kg (2lb 3oz) heavier, will bear... »

Vitamin D prevents falls …

A new study by researchers in Switzerland shows that doses of vitamin D between 700 and 1,000 International Units (IU) may reduce the risk of falling by about 20 per cent.  However, doses less than 700 IU had no benefits. ... »

 

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