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Estrogen Defined
Any of several female hormones produced primarily by the ovaries.
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Urinary tract infection symptoms deceiving
Published August 28, 2008, 1:41 am, Louisville Courier-Journal
Women who assume they have a urinary tract infection could be overlooking other conditions. A urinary tract infection is a bacterial infection that more commonly affects women than men.
Health Watch: Breast Cancer Survivor Issues
Published August 27, 2008, 4:30 pm, WCBS-TV New York
There is good news on the breast cancer front. Thanks to early detection and improved treatment, many more women are surviving their disease. That also means that many more women are facing all sorts of survivor issues they never had to before.
About perimenopause and menopause
Published August 27, 2008, 4:26 pm, The Star
PERIMENOPAUSE is the stage of a woman’s life that begins several years before menopause when the ovaries gradually begin to produce less estrogen. It usually starts in a woman’s 40s, but can start in the 30s as well.
Why Prophylactic Mastectomies Are Increasing
Published August 27, 2008, 3:32 pm, Newsweek
Like Christina Applegate, more women are choosing prophylactic mastectomies. But does the radical procedure increase breast-cancer survival rates?
What You Need to Know About Women's Oral Health
Published August 27, 2008, 12:39 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
Believe it or not, women and men have different oral health needs. In fact, women's oral health needs change at different stages throughout their life, including puberty, pregnancy and menopause.
Some Breast Cancer Risks Determined During a Woman's Youth
Published August 27, 2008, 11:41 am, KSPR Springfield
Most women know the established risk factors for breast cancer such as older age and a family history of the disease, but new research suggests that some less obvious risks are determined early, during a woman's youth and child-bearing years.
Cancer Test for Women Raises Hope, and Concern
Published August 27, 2008, 3:50 am, The Gadsden Times
An ovarian cancer test prompts questions on regulation and risk, and experts worry it may mean unneeded surgery.
Women, learn how to drink to your good health
Published August 26, 2008, 10:32 pm, Pioneer Press
Two recent studies suggest alcohol's beneficial effects on the heart can tip from healthy to dangerous in a hurry.
Time of change: Menopause can complicate diabetes
Published August 26, 2008, 3:22 pm, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Diabetes and menopause can deliver a double whammy to women's health.
Breast Cancer Risks Examined
Published August 26, 2008, 9:28 am, KERO 23 Bakersfield
Researchers say many factors other than age and family history can affect a woman's chances of developing breast cancer.
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Wed Aug 27
- Health . Medical and Beauty: What is Turner Syndrome?: Turner syndrome is a disorder caused by a partially or completely missing X chromosome. It is a condition that only affects females
Sun Aug 24
- Migraines and Hormones - A Natural Approach by Nicole Bandes
- Symptoms of menopause: hot flushes
- Hormone modulation: a novel therapeutic approach for women with severe mental illness [Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2008 Jan;42(1):83-8 .]: Three case reports are presented: in each case the woman selected had participated in large, double-blind, randomized controlled trials exploring hormone modulation. Case study 1 presents a premenopausal woman with schizophrenia, who received an 8 week trial of daily adjunctive 200 µg transdermal oestradiol. Case study 2 presents a postmenopausal woman with schizophrenia on a 12 week trial of adjunctive raloxifene hydrochloride 120 mg per day-1. Case study 3 presents a woman with schizoaffectiv e disorder, in the manic phase, who received tamoxifen 40 mg per day-1 for 28 days.
- Adjunctive estrogen treatment in women with chronic schizophrenia: a double-blind, randomized, and placebo-contro lled trial. [Prog Neuropsychopha rmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2003 Sep;27(6):1007 -12]: The results of this study suggest that estrogen may be an effective adjuvant agent in the management of women of childbearing age with chronic schizophrenia
- A clinical trial of adjunctive oestrogen treatment in women with schizophrenia. [Arch Womens Ment Health. 2002 Nov;5(3):99-10 4.]: The addition of 100??g adjunctive transdermal oestrogen significantly enhanced treatment responsivity of acute, severe psychotic symptoms in women with schizophrenia. The positive impact of oestrogen treatment on psychotic symptoms via a multiplicity of possible actions (see accompanying articles in this issue) may prove clinically useful in the overall treatment of women with schizophrenia.
- Estrogen in Severe Mental Illness: A Potential New Treatment Approach [Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Aug;65(8):955- 60.]: The addition of 100 µg of transdermal estradiol significantly reduced positive (P < .05) and general psychopatholog ical (P < .05) symptoms during the 28-day trial period compared with women receiving antipsychotic medication alone.
Fri Aug 22
- Flax Oil: Should Men Avoid It?: The facts about flax oil and men
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Mon Aug 18
- How a Diet to reduce estrogen levels can be achieved: find out how such a controled diet can be achieved to improve endometriosis symptoms
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