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Antiseizure Drug May Ease Hot Flashes
July 5, 2006 --The antiseizure drug Neurontin may be as good as estrogen at easing women's hot flashes . So says a study published in July's issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. The researchers included Sireesha Reddy, MD, of New York's University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentist
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The Best Way to Quit Hormone Therapy?
June 8, 2006 -- Researchers have new information for women about how best to quit hormone therapy after menopause menopause. In terms of hot flashes hot flashes, mood problems, sexual dysfunction, and discomfort, it may not make much difference in the long run if postmenopausal women quit abruptly o
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Hormone Therapy: For Whom? How Long?
June 1, 2006 -- When is menopausal hormone therapy appropriate? An expert panel of doctors tries to cut through the confusion. Endocrinologist Bruce Ettinger, MD, and colleagues boldly go where none has gone before. Their mission: to determine, specifically, what is an "acceptable" use of hormone th
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Treating Hot Flashes Without Hormones
May 2, 2006 -- Some nonhormonal therapies may help treat hot flashes , but probably not as much as estrogen, doctors report in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Those findings come from a review of 43 previously published studies. The reviewers included Heidi Nelson, MD, MPH, of Orego
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Black Cohosh Not Always What It Seems
April 26, 2006 -- Women who take black cohosh supplements to treat hot flashes and other symptoms related to menopause may not be getting what they pay for, new research shows. A chemical analysis of 11 commercially available products marketed as black cohosh found that three did not even contain th
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Nearing Menopause? Depression a Risk
April 3, 2006 -- Women approaching menopause are at increased risk for depression, and two new studies offer some of the strongest evidence yet that hormonal changes may be at least partially to blame. Both studies followed women through the transition to menopause, known as perimenopause. None of t
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Exercise Eases Menopause Symptoms
March 24, 2006 -- It's never too late for women to reap the benefits from starting a regular exercise program, according to a new study that shows exercise can relieve the symptoms of menopause and improve quality of life. Researchers found menopausal women aged 55-72 who started a yearlong exercise
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Is Hormone Therapy Helpful After All?
Feb. 13, 2006 - In recent years many women stopped taking hormones for menopause after a report linked them to heart disease. Now researchers have found that estrogen might not be as bad as we thought -- especially for younger women. The new findings suggest a possible estrogen benefit for women in
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Menopause and Memory: Search for Links
Feb. 3, 2006 -- As menopause nears, some women blame their shifting hormones for memory problems. But it's not quite that simple, a new study shows. The study included 24 women aged 40-60 who were approaching menopause. They took tests of memory, mood, mental skills, and estrogen blood levels. The w
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'Natural' Menopause Hormones: Hype or Hope?
Nov. 3, 2005 -- The growing popularity of "bioidentical" hormones instead of traditional hormones for menopause has prompted the nation's leading organization of women's health physicians to speak out. Custom-compounded female hormone preparations are being commercially touted as more effective and
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