Estrogen
Hormone Therapy
Promising trial data published for new menopause drug
Pharmaceutical company Wyeth has released the results of a study on its new tissue selective estrogen complex (TECS) menopause drug Aprela, a combination of conjugated estrogens and bazedoxifine, an experimental selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), designed to prevent and treat postmenopausal osteoporosis. ... Continue Reading
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and Breast CancerBreast cancer and hormone-replacement therapy in the Million Women Study.Beral V; Million Women Study Collaborators.Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Gibson Building, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK.BACKGROUND: Current use of hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) increases the incidence of breast cancer. ... Continue Reading
Estrogen Information Center
Estrogen Information - Updates On Estrogens - Progestins - HRT - Menopause Are you confused by the ever-changing information about estrogen replacement therapy. It's been very confusing for me. I have been through many brands of estrogen since my hysterectomy. ... Continue Reading
Estrogen replacement increases risk factors for arrhythmia
Women who use estrogen replacement therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms are more likely to develop risk factors for potentially fatal irregular heartbeats (arrythmias) and heart attacks than women who take hormone therapy combining estrogen and progestin.Source: http://www. ... Continue Reading
Risk-free Estrogen Replacement Therapy Possible
An estrogen receptor given to postmenopausal women in combination with estrogen could reduce the risks of hormone therapy by making it more targeted, suggests research in rats.Source: http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx.articleID=2003-11-07-3[Editor: The preceding article was not written by A4M/WHN]. ... Continue Reading
Transdermal Estrogen Therapy Not Linked to Venous Thrombo
In a multicenter case-control trial, this form of estrogen replacement, unlike oral estrogen, was not associated with an increased risk of VTE.Medscape Medical NewsLaurie BarclaySource: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/459782.rss[Editor: The preceding article was not written by A4M/WHN]. ... Continue Reading
About Estrogen
Estrogen is one of the female hormones that help regulates a woman's passage through menstruation, fertility, and menopause. Estrogen is one of the most powerful hormones in the human body. Some 300 different tissues are equipped with estrogen receptors-chemical sites that make the tissues responsive to estrogen. ... Continue Reading
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