Who doesn’t want to look and feel younger? A flock of anti-aging products and medical clinics cater to this desire, but health experts caution that pursuing the so-called fountain of youth without being properly informed can be hazardous to your health. Determining fact from fiction can be a challenge in today’s sea of contradictory Internet… Continue reading Is Hormone Therapy Safe for You?
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A Safe Alternative to HRT?
The drug oxybutynin works to reduce hot flashes in women, including breast cancer survivors who cannot take hormone replacement therapy, according to new research. Oncologists Robert Leon-Ferre, M.D. and Charles Loprinzi, both of the Mayo Clinic, presented their findings at the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Leon-Ferre said several factors contribute to the increased… Continue reading A Safe Alternative to HRT?
Better Sleep During and After Menopause Can Lead to Better Sex
Sleep disturbance is common for many women during menopause, which can lower the odds of sexual satisfaction. That is the finding of a study published February 1st 2017 in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS). A release from NAMS explains that according to data analyzed for 93,668 women aged 50 to… Continue reading Better Sleep During and After Menopause Can Lead to Better Sex
The Latest News about HRT and Your Memory
Contrary to popular belief, taking estrogen after menopause may not affect the memory and thinking abilities of healthy women no matter when the treatment is started, according to research is published in the July 20th, 2016 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The recent study is among the… Continue reading The Latest News about HRT and Your Memory
Helping Women Navigate the Hormone Replacement Therapy Debate
The end of the “hormone therapy era” appears to have been greatly exaggerated. More than a decade ago the Women’s Health Initiative published in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association advised menopausal women to stop their hormone replacement therapy due to a reported increase in breast cancer, strokes, and heart attacks.… Continue reading Helping Women Navigate the Hormone Replacement Therapy Debate
HRT Neither Raises Nor Lowers Risk of Dying
Menopausal hormone therapy (HT) does not have a significant effect on the risk of death, according to a Mayo Clinic review of the medical literature published over the past three decades. The results, which included studies with follow-up as long as 18 years, were presented in March 2015 at the Endocrine Society’s 97th annual meeting… Continue reading HRT Neither Raises Nor Lowers Risk of Dying