Danish study provides new information on hormone replacement therapy and the risk of heart attacks – It’s not what you take but the way that you take it that can produce different results in women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to new research on the association between HRT and heart attacks, published online in Europe’s leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal.
Acupuncture reduces side effects of breast cancer treatment as much as conventional drug therapy. Therapy shown to increase energy and overall well-being for breast cancer patients. – Acupuncture is as effective and longer-lasting in managing the common debilitating side effects of hot flashes, night sweats, and excessive sweating (vasomotor symptoms) associated with breast cancer treatment and has no treatment side effects compared to conventional drug therapy, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented September 24, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s 50th Annual Meeting in Boston.
Long-term sun exposure hinder the ability of topical estradiol to stimulate collagen production in aged human skin. – Treating the skin with estrogen can stimulate collagen production-which improves the appearance of the skin-in areas not typically exposed to the sun, according to new research from the University of Michigan Health System.
US action to reduce BPA exposures may offer an effective intervention for improving health and reducing the burden of some of the most consequential human health problems. – Researchers found a significant relationship between urine concentrations of the environmental estrogen bisphenol A (BPA) and cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and liver-enzyme abnormalities.
A new avenue to possibly prevent HIV infection of the penis – topical estrogen to the human penis increased the thickness of the natural keratin layer on the skin, which could prevent HIV from infecting the male. – Topical oestrogen applied to the human penis could stop the spread of HIV, revealed by Australian researchers at the University of Melbourne.
Women with prothrombotic mutations or a high body mass index should avoid oral oestrogens, but transdermal preparations seem to be safer. – Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) given in skin patches may cause fewer blood clots than HRT given orally, revealed by researchers in British Medical Journal, UK. Women who take the oral form of HRT more than double their risk of developing a blood clot.
Women aged 65-plus find it harder than men of the same age to preserve muscle ? which probably impacts on their ability to stay as strong and fit. – Women aged 65-plus find it harder than men of the same age to preserve muscle – which probably impacts on their ability to stay as strong and fit. For the first time, scientists have shown that it is more difficult for women to replace muscle that is lost naturally as they get older – because of key differences in the way their bodies react to food.
LA BioMed study finds hormone therapy increases frequency of abnormal mammograms, breast biopsies; may reduce effectiveness of both methods for detecting cancer. – Combined hormone therapy appears to increase the risk that women will have abnormal mammograms and breast biopsies, and it may decrease the effectiveness of both methods for detecting breast cancer, according to a report in the Feb. 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Certain environmental toxins may disrupt the normal growth and hormonal development of girls, and lead to early onset puberty in girls. – Although scientists have speculated over the negative effects of environmental toxins for years, new data suggest that certain environmental toxins may disrupt the normal growth and hormonal development of girls.
Environmental health groups call for immediate moratorium on bisphenol A in baby bottles, food and beverage containers. Baby bottles leach toxic chemical, according to new U.S. and Canadian Study. – Dozens of state and national environmental health organizations in the U.S. and Canada are calling for an immediate moratorium on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other food and beverage containers, based on the results of a new study that demonstrates the toxic chemical BPA leaches from popular plastic baby bottles when heated.
