Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are at greater risk of developing ovarian cancer and dying from it, according to a large study.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional series examining their use and potential risks. ___ Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal — custom-mixed "bioidentical" hormones, just like ones the body makes. "Anything I can put into my body that's natural has to be better," ... Read Full Story
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EDITOR'S NOTE — Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is the one in an occasional Associated Press series examining their use and potential risks. By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional series examining their use and potential risks. ... Read Full Story
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BioIdentical Hormone Disinformation From AP Medical Writer, Marilynn Marchione A USA Today article trashing bioidentical hormones caught my attention because it contained almost pure misinformation.  Written by AP associated Press medical writer Marilynn Marchione, this syndicated article was broadcast all over the news media including the New York Times ,  Kansas City Star ,  Fox News , Guardian , Huffington Post and many others . It is a perfect example of trash, or junk journalism.  I find it  astounding that the news media force feeds this kind of nonsense to the public. The writer, Marchione, attempts to discredit bioidentical hormones as non-FDA approved, and not proven safe nor effective.  Before analyzing the ... Read Full Story
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From Library Journal Well-known alternative-medicine practitioner and journalist Fugh-Berman leads the list of authors of this critique of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) provided by the National Women’s Health Network. An updated version of the network’s Taking Hormones and Women’s Health: Choices, Risks and Benefits (1989), this book argues [...] Read Full Story
 
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Estrogen could help women diagnosed with advanced colon cancer to survive longer, a new study out in the journal Clinical Cancer Research suggests. While younger, presumably premenopausal women lived longer after being diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer than men of the same age, women 55 and older had worse survival than their male peers, Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz of the Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles and his colleagues found. The findings, they say, offer strong evidence that hormonal status - in other words, whether a woman has gone through menopause, is taking birth control pills, or is taking ... Read Full Story
Dr. Linda Hillebrand of PhysioAge Medical group will share her knowledge on hormone imbalance and discuss how bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can help men and women suffering from symptoms of andropause (male menopause) and menopause.  
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An article published in the November 2009 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, reports that researchers conducting a meta-analysis of the available data using Bayesian methods concluded that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) almost undoubtedly decreases mortality in younger postmenopausal women. For over sixty years, HRT has been in widespread use to treat menopausal estrogen deficiency.  
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New Analysis Suggests Decreased Mortality from Hormone Replacement Therapy in ...Cancer Consultants[1] Prior to 2002, HRT with estrogen plus progestin was often used to treat menopausal symptoms and to prevent osteoporosis and subsequent bone fractures. ...Hormone therapy safety in questionJackson Clarion LedgerHormone Replacement Therapy Decreases Mortality In Younger Postmenopausal ...Medical News Todayall 10 news articles »  
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An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet reports that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) using oestrogen and progestin increases the risk of death from lung cancer. This finding should be included into risk-benefit consideration for women considering HRT. It is especially essential for women at high risk of lung cancer.  
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As women begin to enter menopause, they can be confronted with some very "life altering" symptoms. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) can be very useful in relieving these symptoms and in helping you resume a normal life.Contributor: Janet HuntPublished: Oct 01, 2009  
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Breast tenderness in women on hormone replacement therapy is a warning sign for possible breast cancer, a new study finds. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is commonly prescribed in women going through menopause to ease the symptoms associated with ...  
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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has been used to treat menopausal women for many decades. It was believed to have many benefits in addition to addressing the familiar symptoms of hot flushes, night sweats, etc by protecting women from heart disease, cognitive decline, and the usual weight gain of middle age.  
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The Associated Press'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogenThe Associated Press... when a big federal study found risks from traditional hormone replacement therapy, or HRT. Alternative remedies are especially popular with upscale, ...and more »  
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"Pfizer Unit Must Pay Prempro Damages, Jury Concludes": Bloomberg News has a report that begins, "A Pfizer Inc. unit concealed the breast-cancer risks of its hormone-replacement therapy drug Prempro and is liable for $3.7 million in damages to an Illinois...  
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A Philadelphia jury awarded punitive damages to an Illinois woman who said Wyeth's Prempro hormone replacement therapy caused her breast cancer, but the world will have to wait at least another month before anyone knows how much.As the jury in Common Pleas Court was nearing a verdict on how much to award to punish Wyeth, which last week completed a merger with Pfizer Inc., company lawyers asked Judge Sandra Mazer Moss to seal the amount until...  
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