Topic: Hormones: Female
12/12/2008
HRT Users Who Get Breast Cancer Less Likely to Die They tend to get type of tumors that have better prognosis, study finds
11/18/2008
Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring Mouse study found it was better than corn oil during gestation and lactation
11/5/2008
Testosterone Patch Restores Libido in Postmenopausal Women But, the male hormone therapy may cause unwanted hair growth, study finds
11/2/2008
Excess Weight Seems to Boost Breast Cancer Risk Exercising 30 to 60 minutes a day may offer needed protection, experts say
10/31/2008
Vigorous Exercise Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk But benefits only apply to normal-weight women, study says
10/29/2008
Hot Flashes, Night Sweats a Good Sign for Breast Cancer Patients Symptoms correlated with lower recurrence rates, study finds
10/28/2008
Successive Births, HRT Use Boost Joint Replacement Risks Early puberty also a factor in increased chance of knee, hip surgeries, study finds
10/17/2008
Hormones May Be to Blame for Women's Cavity Rates Reproductive pressures, dietary preferences all contribute, anthropologist suggests
10/1/2008
Timing, Dosage of HRT Affect Chances of Heart Trouble Large study found younger women taking it for a longer time did have higher risk
9/16/2008
Estrogen Cream No Match for Sun-Damaged Skin Study of seniors finds it only boosts collagen in skin that has never been exposed
9/5/2008
Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment Phase II study finds sorafenib helps reverse disease resistance to anti-hormonal therapy
8/22/2008
HRT After Menopause Reduces Symptoms It reduced problems with sleep, sexual functioning and hot flashes, study finds
8/12/2008
Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer Face Joint Issues Obesity, previous HRT, chemo also raised chances for those on endocrine treatment, study says
7/29/2008
Thyroid Hormone May Boost Women's Alzheimer's Risk Low and high thyrotropin levels associated with disease incidence, but not in men
7/18/2008
Suckling Infant Triggers 'Trust' Hormone in Moms Breast-feeding releases oxytocin, involved in bonding, release of milk in humans, animals
7/11/2008
Hormone Replacement May Raise Women's Gallbladder Risk But taking the therapy in a non-oral form seems to cut the odds, study finds
6/16/2008
New Molecule Discovery Shows Promise Against Tamoxifen-Resistant Breast Cancers Potential therapy could be the next generation of treatments, researchers say
Menstruation Cessation in Female Teen Athletes May Be Caused by Hormone Ghrelin levels key to reduced estrogen in adolescents
6/2/2008
Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence Zometa, used to treat osteoporosis, showed no unanticipated side effects, researchers report
5/23/2008
Patch Form of HRT Poses Less Clotting Risks Than Pill Does Analysis finds pill more than doubles risk while patch only increases it slightly
5/22/2008
Cholesterol Test Spots When HRT Raises Heart Risks Ratio of 'good' to 'bad' cholesterol determined chances of trouble in postmenopausal women, study shows
5/20/2008
Hormone Therapy Safe, Effective for Women Entering Menopause Experts stress that the finding applies only to those under 60 years of age
4/29/2008
Pituitary Hormone May Boost Women's Heart Risk Thyrotropin levels increasing even within normal range associated with dangers
4/28/2008
HRT Increases Stroke Risk Timing of hormone therapy did not matter, study finds
4/21/2008
Heart Disease Risks Hit Boys in Teens Girls protected by hormones during adolescence, study suggests
3/28/2008
Hormone Combo May Provide Reversible Male Birth Control Tool Testosterone coupled with progestin effectively suppressed sperm production
3/25/2008
HRT Raises Recurrence Risk Among Breast Cancer Survivors Trial was halted early after risk of both recurrence and new malignancies surfaced
3/6/2008
Estrogen Levels in Blood Predict Breast Cancer's Return Study found women who had a recurrence had twice as much of the hormone in their system
2/7/2008
Pathology Reports Good for Breast Cancer Studies Harvard docs say this way of checking estrogen-receptor status of participants is OK
1/19/2008
FDA Warns Clot Risk Higher in Birth Control Patch Than Pill Agency is updating Ortho Evra's labeling to reflect results of new study
1/16/2008
HRT Raises Risk of Lobular Breast Cancer Incidence increased with popularity of hormone therapy, study finds
