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  • March 2008

    • Alcohol and Hormones Raise Cancer Risk: Study

      Reuters  |  Mar 11, 08 5:31 PM CDT

      Alcohol and Hormones Raise Cancer Risk: Study

      (Newser) - Postmenopausal women who drink casually while taking hormones will raise their chance of getting breast cancer, researchers said today. A Danish study of 5,000 women showed that those on estrogen and other hormones increased breast cancer risk three-fold by downing one or two drinks a day; a third drink or more raised the risk by almost 5 times. More »

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      alcohol  • breast cancer  • drinking  • estrogen  • hormone replacement therapy  • menopause  • postmenopausal women

    • Women at Risk After Hormone Therapy: Study

      Reuters  |  Mar 5, 08 11:14 AM CST

      Women at Risk After Hormone Therapy: Study

      (Newser) - Breast cancer remains a risk for women even after they stop taking hormone therapy, researchers said yesterday. A follow-up to a 2002 study showed that women who dropped estrogen and progestin still had a 24% greater breast cancer risk. But their chance of a stroke, heart attack, or blood clot fell to normal levels after halting the therapy, Reuters reports. More »

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      breast cancer  • heart attack  • women's health  • health study  • stroke  • estrogen  • Wyeth  • mammogram  • hormone replacement therapy  • blood clots  • health risks  • progestin

    • Sex Hormone Tied to Depression

      Age (Aust.)  |  Mar 4, 08 10:35 AM CST

      Sex Hormone Tied to Depression

      (Newser) - Men with low levels of testosterone are more likely to be depressed, Australian researchers have found, and they recommend that those with abnormally low levels be treated with injections of the sex hormone. A study of men over the age of 70 revealed that those with the lowest testosterone levels are three times more likely to suffer depression than those with the highest levels, reports the Age . More »

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      depression  • health study  • testosterone  • hormone replacement therapy  • osteoporosis  • muscle mass

  • February 2008

    • Hormone Therapy Skews Diagnosis

      Reuters  |  Feb 26, 08 11:55 AM CST

      Hormone Therapy Skews Diagnosis

      (Newser) - Women who use hormone replacement therapy to combat menopause symptoms are more likely to get false mammogram results and have unneeded biopsies, new research shows. The UCLA analysis of an earlier study of more than 16,000 women found that 35% of those on hormones received skewed test results, as opposed to 23% of women on a placebo, Reuters reports. More »

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      medicine  • breast cancer  • cancer research  • women's health  • mammogram  • hormone replacement therapy

    • Suicides Spike Among Middle-Aged

      New York Times  |  Feb 19, 08 10:10 AM CST

      Suicides Spike Among Middle-Aged

      (Newser) - Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have spiked dramatically in recent years, in contrast to flat or declining rates in younger and older demographics, mystifying experts, reports the New York Times . For people 45 to 54, the rate jumped 20% between 1999 and 2004;  for women, the increase was 31%. Theories about the cause include lack of support systems, declining hormone-replacement therapy use, and prevalence of prescription painkillers . More »

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      suicide  • depression  • prescription drugs  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  • hormone replacement therapy  • middle age  • suicide rate  • support networks  • midlife crisis

  • October 2007

    • Jury Adds Punitive $99M in Hormone Cancer Suit

      Reuters  |  Oct 16, 07 3:27 AM CDT

      Jury Adds Punitive $99M in Hormone Cancer Suit

      (Newser) - A Nevada jury has tacked on an additional $99 million in punitive damages against the Wyeth pharmaceutical company after ruling in favor of three women who argued that the drug maker's hormone replacement therapy caused their breast cancer. That amount, added to compensatory damages determined last week, makes the total finding against the drug manufacturer $134.1 million. More »

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      breast cancer  • civil lawsuits  • Wyeth  • hormone replacement therapy

  • September 2007

    • Lifestyle Changes Could Cut Breast Cancer by10%

      BBC  |  Sep 30, 07 5:45 PM CDT

      Lifestyle Changes Could Cut Breast Cancer by10%

      (Newser) - A tenth of all breast cancer cases could be prevented by 2024, a UK cancer research foundation projects, if women made simple lifestyle changes beginning now: reducing the duration of hormone replacement therapy, avoiding obesity, drinking less, getting more exercise, and breastfeeding longer. More »

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      cancer  • breast cancer  • cancer research  • hormone replacement therapy  • healthy habits

    • Scientists Solve Estrogen Heart Mystery

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 17, 07 3:30 AM CDT

      Scientists Solve Estrogen Heart Mystery

      (Newser) - A compound created as the body processes cholesterol was to blame for giving scientists conflicting data about the effect of hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women, researchers say. Initial studies had found that estrogen helps keep the heart healthy, but a later study reported that women taking estrogen actually exhibited higher levels of coronary disease. More »

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      women's health  • hormones  • cholesterol  • heart  • estrogen  • hormone replacement therapy  • menopause

  • April 2007

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