Articles Tagged With: Estrogen
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Brain Imaging and Alzheimer’s Risk: Valid Surrogates or Just Pretty Pictures?
In an observational multimodality brain imaging study, investigators found sex and age differences correlated with endophenotypes of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
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Hormone Replacement: Have We Made Progress Since WHI?
Vaginal estrogen may improve vaginal symptoms of menopause and does not increase the risk for endometrial cancer, stroke, or cardiovascular disease.
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Vaginal Estrogen Found to Be Safe, Effective Option During Menopause
Results of recent research indicate that vaginal estrogen is effective and safe for the treatment of genitourinary symptoms. Such low-dose vaginal estrogen options keep blood levels within the normal postmenopausal range.
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What Are Your Patients ‘Hearing’ About Menopausal Hormonal Therapy?
Data from the prospective Nurses’ Health Study demonstrate a weak association between menopause onset after age 50 years and use of hormone therapy and hearing loss. The most likely explanation is “noise.”
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Hot Flashes: A Marker of Increased Cardiovascular Risk?
Among otherwise healthy midlife women, the presence of frequent hot flashes was associated with impaired endothelial function, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
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Did You Remember to Take Your Hormone Replacement? The Treatment May Not Help
Women randomized to receive postmenopausal oral estradiol therapy did not show improved memory, executive function, or global cognition, and timing of initiation of hormonal treatment did not affect the outcome.
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The Best Medical Treatment for Endometriosis? The Debate Continues
In a “before and after study,” the proportion of satisfied and very satisfied women did not change from the “before” period, during which women with endometriosis were treated with norethindrone acetate, to the “after” period during treatment with dienogest.
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Research Eyes Hormonal Contraceptive Use And Impact on Vitamin D Levels
Women risk having their vitamin D levels fall when they stop using birth control pills or other contraceptives containing estrogen, new research indicates. This finding has clinical implications when counseling women who are planning to conceive and identifying women who may be at risk of deficiency.
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Should Perimenopausal Women Consider Estrogen Therapy?
A population-based study found that premenopausal women with low ovarian reserve, as determined by low levels of anti-Müllerian hormone, have unfavorable cardiovascular disease profiles.
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New Research Eyes Acupuncture for Women with Menopausal Symptoms
Acupuncture treatments can reduce the number of hot flashes and night sweats associated with menopause by as much as 36%, according to recently published data.