Coffee may reduce breast cancer risk
Coffee reduces breast cancer risk – Recently published research shows that coffee drinkers enjoy not only the taste of their coffee but also a reduced risk of cancer with their cuppa.
Menopause
Menopause, also known as the Change of life or climacteric, is a stage of the human female reproductive cycle that occurs as the ovaries stop producing estrogen, causing the reproductive system to gradually shut down. A clinical diagnosis that is based on the permanent cessation of menses.
Acupuncture relieves hot flashes from prostate cancer treatment
Acupuncture relieves hot flashes from prostate cancer treatment – Acupuncture provides long-lasting relief to hot flashes, heart palpitations and anxiety due to side effects of the hormone given to counteract testosterone, the hormone that induces prostate cancer, according to a study published in the April issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology?Biology?Physics, an official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
Hormone therapy at menopause may lead to breast cancer
Hormone therapy begun at menopause may pose risk for breast cancer – Hormone therapy around menopause is linked to breast cancer risk, revealed by researchers in a study published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Antidepressant may reduce menopausal hot flashes
Use of Antidepressant Associated With Reduction in Menopausal Hot Flashes – Women who were either in the transition to menopause or postmenopausal experienced a reduction in the frequency and severity of menopausal hot flashes with the use of the antidepressant medication escitalopram, compared to women who received placebo.
Fish oil may reduce breast cancer risk
Fish oil may reduce risk of breast cancer – A recent report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, adds to the growing evidence that fish oil supplements may play a role in preventing chronic disease like breast cancer.
Bone density unnecessary in women taking osteoporosis drugs
Monitoring bone density in older women is unnecessary and potentially misleading — Value of routine monitoring of bone mineral density after starting bisphosphonate treatment. – Monitoring bone mineral density in postmenopausal women taking osteoporosis drugs (bisphosphonates) is unnecessary and potentially misleading, revealed by researchers through a new study published on bmj.com.
Infertility linked to genes for earlier menopause
Identification of genetic variants affecting age at menopause could help improve fertility treatment – For the first time, scientists have been able to identify genetic factors that influence the age at which natural menopause occurs in women. Ms Lisette Stolk, a researcher from Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics that a greater understanding of the factors influencing age at menopause might eventually help to improve the clinical treatment of infertile women.
Menopause transition may cause trouble learning
Menopause transition may cause trouble learning – The largest study of its kind to date shows that women may not be able to learn as well shortly before menopause compared to other stages in life. The research is published in the May 26, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Acupuncture ineffective in hot flushes during menopause
Acupuncture ‘probably ineffective’ in treatment of hot flushes during menopause, revealed in the Climacteric – the journal of the International Menopause Society. – Acupuncture cannot be shown to have any positive effect on hot flushes during the menopause.
Physical activity reduces breast cancer risk after menopause
Reduced breast cancer risk: Physical activity after menopause pays off – Several studies had previously suggested that regular physical exercise reduces the breast cancer risk of women. However, it had been unknowned just how much exercise women should take in which period in life in order to benefit from this protective effect.
Obesity linked to ovarian cancer risk
Study links obese women are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women of normal weight. – A new epidemiological study has found that among women who have never used menopausal hormone therapy, obese women are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women of normal weight.
Healthy diet may cut risk of breast cancer recurrence
Diet loaded with fruits, vegetables and fiber may cut risk of breast cancer recurrence in women without hot flashes. – A secondary analysis of a large, multicenter clinical trial has shown that a diet loaded with fruits, vegetables and fiber and somewhat lower in fat compared to standard federal dietary recommendations cuts the risk of recurrence in a subgroup of early-stage breast cancer survivors ? women who didn’t have hot flashes ? by approximately 31 percent.