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Link Between Obesity And Poor Colon Cancer Prognosis
Obese patients with colon cancer are at greater risk for death or recurrent disease compared to those who are within a normal weight range, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
What Is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)? What Are The Benefits And Risks Of Hormone Replacement Therapy?
Hormone replacement therapy, commonly known as HRT is a treatment used to replace hormones that the body is no longer producing because of the menopause. The hormones that need replacing are estrogen and progesterone. The therapy is based on the notion that the treatment may prevent discomfort caused by diminished circulating estrogen and progesterone hormones...
Prolonged Use Of HRT Increases Incidence Of Lung Cancer By About 50 Percent: New Study
Women aged 50 to 76 who take estrogen plus progestin may have an increased risk of lung cancer, according to a new study published in the pre-print online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology...
In Fight Against Osteoporosis Pharmacists Can Play Key Role
University of Alberta researcher Nese Yuksel says pharmacists could be integral to the education and screening of people for osteoporosis, as pharmacists are easily accessible and are playing a greater role in health promotion and disease prevention. According to Osteoporosis Canada, after the age of 50 one in four women has the disease and at least one in eight men...
Study Suggests Drop In Hormone Therapy Contributed To Breast Cancer Decline, Newsweek Opinion Piece Says
While breast cancer continues to be the second most common cancer among women in the U.S., "rates have been declining by about 2% a year since 1999, after having increased for the previous 20 years," Newsweek contributing editor Barbara Kantrowitz and Washington correspondent Pat Wingert write in a opinion piece...
Menopause Symptoms Red Hot Mama's And Leading OB/GYN's Discuss Solutions
By the year 2030, the World Health Organization estimates that 1.2 billion women will be age 50 and older, the age when hormone production by the ovaries declines and most women experience symptoms of menopause like hot flashes, rapid heartbeat, night sweats, difficulty sleeping, irritability, memory lapses, dryness, loss of libido, muscle aches and weight gain...
Women's Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked To Cataracts; Smoking May Raise Uveitis Risk
Intriguing findings on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and cataract risk, and on smoking and uveitis risk are reported in this month's Ophthalmology,the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology...
Hormone Changes During Menopause Increase Risk Of Heart Disease And Stroke
When women hear the word menopause, they often think about hot flashes, hormone shifts and mood swings. But what about heart disease? Studies show a woman's risk of heart disease intensifies drastically around the time of natural menopause, which for most women is around the age of 50...
Short-Term Heart Disease Risks Of Combination Menopausal Hormone Therapy Confirmed By WHI Data
New analyses from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) confirm that combination hormone therapy increases the risk of heart disease in healthy postmenopausal women...
AdvaCAL Calcium Effective Against Bone Loss In Postmenopausal Women
With Osteoporosis an increasing concern among women of all ages, a recent report in the medical journal Osteoporosis International found that women taking the AAACa (AdvaCAL®) calcium supplements had the highest bone density increase among 32 different calcium studies conducted between 1977 and 2008...
Little Effect Of Soy Isoflavones On Bone Loss In Postmenopausal Women: ISU Multi-Center Study
A previous six-month study by Iowa State University researchers had indicated that consuming modest amounts of soy protein, rich in isoflavones, lessened lumbar spine bone loss in midlife, perimenopausal women...
Oestrogen-Only HRT May Increase Risk Of Asthma After Menopause
Oestrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, suggests a large scale study published ahead of print in the journal Thorax. The authors base their findings on 57, 664 women, who were quizzed about their use of HRT and development of asthma symptoms every two years between 1990 and 2002...
Inhibiting Serotonin In Gut Could Cure Osteoporosis
An investigational drug that inhibits serotonin synthesis in the gut, administered orally once daily, effectively cured osteoporosis in mice and rats reports an international team led by researchers from Columbia University Medical Center, in the Feb. 7 issue of Nature Medicine. Serotonin in the gut has been shown in recent research to stall bone formation...
Depomed Announces Allowance Of U.S. Patent Covering Gastric Retentive Gabapentin Dosage Forms
Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ:DEPO) announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a U.S. patent application (No. 12/239,591) directed to pharmaceutical dosage forms that deliver the compound gabapentin via Depomed's proprietary Acuform® gastric retentive drug delivery technology. Paul B...
Early Menopause Can Result In Earlier Onset Dementia
Women experiencing an early onset of menopause could develop dementia at a younger age. Research by Tonnie Coppus of Erasmus MC has indicated this. She studied women with Down Syndrome, who are known to have an early onset of menopause. The results of her research can be translated to apply to the general population. Her results are published in the Journal of Alzheimer Disease...
Depomed Comments On FDA Guidance And Plans For One Additional Phase 3 Clinical Trial Evaluating Non-Hormonal Therapy For Menopausal Hot Flashes
Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ:DEPO) announced it has received guidance from the FDA in formal meeting minutes from a meeting held in December regarding SeradaTM, the company's extended release gabapentin product candidate for the treatment of menopausal hot flashes...
Appeals Court Reinstates More Than 100 Lawsuits Against Makers Of HRT Prempro
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis on Wednesday reinstated more than 100 lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies filed by women or their surviving relatives claiming that the companies' hormone replacement therapy drugs caused breast cancer, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports...
Aneeve To Develop Sensors To Monitor Hormone Levels For Menopause, Fertility
Aneeve Nanotechnologies LLC has been selected to work in the UCLA on-campus Technology Incubator Program at the California NanoSystems Institute. The startup company will conduct early-stage research for the development of a novel hormone sensor/meter for biomedical applications in the areas of infertility and menopause...
HIV-Infected Postmenopausal Women At High Risk For Bone Fractures
According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), postmenopausal HIV-infected women have a high prevalence of low bone mineral density and high bone turnover placing them at high risk for future bone fractures...
Antidepressants May Increase Risk Of Stroke And Death
Postmenopausal women who take antidepressants face a small but statistically significant increased risk for stroke and death compared with those who do not take the drugs...
Unsealed Court Documents Reveal Details Of Lawsuits Over Hormone Therapy
The New York Times on Sunday examined recently unsealed court documents from lawsuits arguing that drugmaker Wyeth oversold the benefits of its menopausal hormone drugs while failing to warn of their risks. Lawyers released some of the documents earlier this year, and the New York Times and the Public Library of Science successfully filed motions to unseal thousands more...
Pfizer Inc. Affirms Confidence In Its Hormone Therapy Medicines As Important Treatment Options
In connection with the New York Times' recent coverage of hormone therapy1, Pfizer Inc. released important facts and context to respond to the newspaper's account. Pfizer believes the coverage is based on a misleading and selective reading of both the science and history of hormone therapy (HT) medicines...
Modifiable Risk Factors For Heart Disease Identified By New Research
Special issue focuses on cardiovascular disease prevention and outcomes Emerging research on cardiovascular risk factors and treatment effects are helping clinicians gain a better understanding of which patients are most likely to benefit from close monitoring, lifestyle changes and/or additional therapeutic interventions...
Osteologix Inc. Announces Plans To File For European Marketing Authorization For Proprietary Osteoporosis Drug
Osteologix Inc. (OLGX.OB) announced that the company anticipates that it will be prepared to file a marketing application in 2011 in the European Union for its proprietary second-generation strontium therapy, NB S101 (strontium malonate). If successful, this will be Osteologix' first marketing approval of NB S101 for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis...
Bone Strengthening Drugs Linked To Lower Breast Cancer Incidence
New research from the US has discovered that women who used bisphosphonates, commonly-prescribed bone-strengthening drugs, had significantly fewer invasive breast cancers than women who did not use them...
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