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Dense Breasts, Hormone Levels Are Two Separate, Independent Risk Factors For Breast Cancer
August 20, 2007 — The density of a woman's breast tissue and her level of sex hormones are two strong and independent risk factors for breast cancer, according to a team of researchers from Harvard and Georgetown ... > full story -
Drop In Breast Cancer Incidence Linked To Hormone Use, Not Mammograms
August 14, 2007 — A recent decline in breast cancer incidence is unlikely to be caused by a decrease in mammography screening. According to a new study it is more likely due to the drop in postmenopausal hormone ... > full story -
The 'Female Advantage' In Kidney Disease Does Not Extend To Diabetic Women
August 9, 2007 — Women have a "female advantage" when it comes to chronic kidney disease. When compared to men, they have fewer and less severe episodes of this disorder throughout most of their lives. That advantage ... > full story -
How To Identify Menopausal Women At Risk For Deadly Blood Clot, Novel Concept
August 9, 2007 — In women, hormone therapy is a risk factor for venous thrombosis, a blood clot forming deep inside the vein. Although the disorder is rare, it increases exponentially during menopause and can be ... > full story -
Estrogen Deficiency Can Lead To Obesity-Induced High Blood Pressure After Menopause, Study Suggests
August 8, 2007 — At menopause, women lose hormone protection against heart and kidney diseases, and are likely to become obese. A research team has tested the idea that estrogen deficiency in aged females may trigger ... > full story -
Age Is Important In Hormone Therapy Use, Study Suggests
August 3, 2007 — Five years ago this summer the National Institutes of Health's stopped early a major portion of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a large and ambitious study to address the most common causes of ... > full story -
Breast Cancer And Hormone Therapy -- A Looking-Glass Mirror?
July 24, 2007 — A new study raises the issue of a direct link between breast cancer incidence and use of postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT). Breast cancer incidence and mammography screening rates during 1980--2006 ... > full story -
New Research Holds Promise For Protecting Cancer Patients Against Infertility
July 3, 2007 — A promising new therapy for protecting the fertility of women with cancer and auto-immune diseases such as lupus was revealed at the 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human ... > full story -
Antidepressants Linked To Bone Loss, Study Suggests
June 26, 2007 — Two new studies suggest older men and women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a class of antidepressants that includes Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft, are prone to increased bone loss. The ... > full story -
Hormone Therapy: Monkey Studies Parallel Women's Health Initiative Findings, Point To Importance
June 25, 2007 — Studies in female monkeys helped raise important questions about hormone therapy that were addressed in a Women's Health Initiative study reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine. The ... > full story
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