News About Hormone Replacement Therapy and Menopause

Hormone Replacement Therapy News

The OTHER Hormone Replacement Therapy (About.com)\
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) gets a lot of attention these days, especially considering how controversial estrogen and progesterone replacement has gotten. I had a patient in my office this evening,...

Latest Breast Imaging Techniques Offer New Views (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)\
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Two newer breast imaging techniques will help doctors diagnose and stage breast cancer, but neither technique will replace standard mammography for the detection of breast cancer.

For 1st time, cancer cases fall (Newsday)\
Screening, better care cited for historic decline The U.S. has passed an important milestone in the fight against cancer, researchers reported Tuesday: For the first time, the recorded rate of new cancer cases has fallen for both men and women.

New Mammography Technology Effective In Detecting Breast Cancer (Medical News Today)\
a woman's hormonal status, two factors that limit the effectiveness of standard mammography and MRI at detecting cancer. Results will be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Positron emission mammography effective in detecting breast cancer (News-Medical-Net)\
A study has found that positron emission mammography (PEM), a new technique for imaging the breast, is not affected by either breast density or a woman's hormonal status, two factors that limit the effectiveness of standard mammography and MRI at detecting cancer.

Andropause: Do Men Go Through Menopause Too? (ThirdAge)\
The male analog to menopause—or “andropause�—has been associated with menopausal-like symptoms, including weakened bones , decreased sex drive, and even hot flashes and irritability.

Researcher to Spend 365 Hours Immersed in Second Life (Dr. Dobb's Journal)\
Exploring the intersections of biotechnology, art, and virtual-reality

Yoga helps alleviate variety of problems (South Bend Tribune)\
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The ancient practice of yoga is increasingly finding a new following -- among doctors and medical researchers who are working to prove its benefits for a variety of illnesses.

Death of professor's son prompts two funds to help students with health/disability challenges (Cornell News Service)\
Two endowments at Cornell have recently been established to help students overcome health and disability challenges.

Dec. 1, 1952: Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty (Wired News)\
1952: It's front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful sex-change operation. Jorgensen, who grew up in the Bronx, in her words, a "frail, tow-headed, introverted little boy who ran from fistfights and rough-and-tumble games," was drafted into the Army just ...

Menopause News

Menopause Weight Gain Due to Less Exercise (ThirdAge)\
The reason women in menopause gain weight is not because they eat more, it is because they exercise less, U.S. and Australian researchers suggest. Dr. Jennifer Lovejoy of the University of Washington in Seattle and Dr. Amanda Sainsbury-Salis of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney say many women get confused when they start to gain weight during menopause , because their eating ...

Andropause: Do Men Go Through Menopause Too? (ThirdAge)\
The male analog to menopause—or “andropause�—has been associated with menopausal-like symptoms, including weakened bones , decreased sex drive, and even hot flashes and irritability.

Menopause has ruined my life (ThirdAge)\
When menopause began for me (which was hard to figure out as I'd had a hysterectomy 25 years earlier) I was taken over by hot flashes. I tried "New Phase" for awhile and it worked pretty well on the hot flashes.

Chill Out Diet for Hot Flashes (ThirdAge)\
By Michael O'Reilly, M.D. Although you may have experienced occasional hot flashes at some time in your life, when you're going through menopause , they can be unrelenting and even debilitating.

59-yr-old gives birth to a baby (The Times of India)\
CHENNAI: It was a glorious moment for Vedam and Selvamary as they hugged their new-born son. Almost a decade after she attained her menopause, 59-year-old Selvamary delivered a baby boy weighing 2.9 kilograms at a private hospital in the city on Tuesday.

Chennai: 59-yr-old gives birth to baby (The Times of India)\
9 kilograms on Tuesday.

More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)\
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- SheKayla Love, 26, of Dallas, had the first cyst in her breast removed when she was just 14, the second when she was 19.

Bionovo Announces Development Plans For Menopausal Hot Flash Drug Candidate, Menerba (MF101), Following FDA Meetings (DrugDiscoveryOnline)\
Bionovo, Inc. recently announced that the FDA has reviewed the company's manufacturing and control process descriptions (CMC), and has provided guidance on how Bionovo can move forward with the development of Menerba (formerly named MF101) for menopausal hot flashes

More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer (US News & World Report)\
Growing number with genetic, familial susceptibilities opt for double mastectomy.

Doctor discusses treatment methods for common growth in women (Copperfield Sun)\
Fibroids are benign (non-cancerous) tumors in the uterus and are the results of overgrowth of the uterine muscle in women.