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Antiseizure Drug May Treat Hot Flashes
June 12, 2000 -- Either before or during menopause, three of every four women will experience hot flashes -- the sudden bursts of skin-searing heat that can quickly leave the sufferer glistening with sweat. But no one knows what causes this alarming symptom. The best known treatment for hot flashes
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Preventing Dementia After Menopause
May 30, 2000 (Boise, Idaho) -- It's possible that estrogen replacement therapy could protect against mental decline in older women, but it apparently helps to start out with the right genes. Both cognitive decline and atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries are less likely in women over 65 who do no
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MRIs Show Slightly More Brain Decay in Women on Estrogen
May 5, 2000 -- A study's finding that elderly women who take estrogen have brains that are slightly more decayed than those of other women their age worries Teri Manolio, MD. She's worried not because of the finding -- she calls it a "very, very small difference" -- but because women who hear about
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Another Piece of the Hormone and Heart Disease Puzzle
April 11, 2000 (Lake Tahoe, Calif.) -- The decision of whether to take hormone replacement therapy remains a riddle for women, particularly those concerned about heart disease. Researchers hope to offer another clue in a report released in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Ass
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To Bleed or Not To Bleed? That's the Hormone Replacement Therapy Question
April 3, 2000 (New York) -- If you are considering hormone replacement therapy (HRT), consider this: If you and your doctor can find a therapy that eliminates monthly and irregular bleeding, it may be easier for you to stick with the program. And if you are already on HRT and have spotting or monthl
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Antidepressant May Also Ease Hot Flashes
March 28, 2000 (Tampa, Fla.) -- A small study of breast cancer survivors with menopausal symptoms reported at an American Cancer Society conference here shows that Paxil (paroxetine), a popular antidepressant, appears to give relief from the severity and frequency of hot flashes. To many women, hot
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Estrogen Treatment Restores Normal Sleep Patterns in Menopausal Women
March 17, 2000 (New York) -- Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) appeared to bring sleep patterns closer to normal and improve sleep quality in a group of postmenopausal women, according to a report in the February issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. "Sleep disorders become mo
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Heart-Healthy Benefits of Hormones After Menopause Called Into Question
March 13, 2000 (Anaheim, Calif.) -- Another major scientific study has failed to show that hormone replacement -- or estrogen replacement therapy -- offers a benefit to postmenopausal women. In this latest investigation, neither estrogen nor estrogen combined with a progestin slowed the progression
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Estrogen Each Day May Keep Low Mood, Poor Memory Away
March 8, 2000 (New York) -- The female hormone estrogen may affect women's moods and preserve their mental abilities as they age. In a review article in the February issue of Psychiatric Annals, researchers say that though the data are not conclusive, recent studies have shown that estrogen also may
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Soy Preparations Not the Holy Grail For Controlling Hot Flashes
March 7, 2000 (Lake Worth, Fla.) - Soy preparations do not seem to be the long-sought Holy Grail for controlling menopausal symptoms, particularly hot flashes, a new study shows. The study, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., compared soy tablets against a placebo (sugar pill) and found little
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