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Medical Edge: A look at bioidentical hormones  -  22 Feb 2008
Post-Bulletin,Are they an improvement on the usual hormone replacement therapy? Bioidentical hormones are chemically identical to hormones produced by the human body.

Heart disease risk factors also apply for DVT  -  22 Feb 2008
Pulse,...risk for recurrent VTE even after taking into account hormonal risk factors such as pregnancy, the contraceptive pill, or hormone replacement therapy.

Synthetic Estrogens Could Lessen Risks Associated With Hormone ...  -  Feb 4, 2008
Science Daily (press release)4, 2008) â€” A new class of synthetic estrogens could offer women most of the benefit and less of the risk of standard hormone replacement therapy,

Thyroxine Monotherapy After Thyroidectomy  -  Feb 19, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),1 The concept of hormone replacement therapy is commonly credited to Brown-Sequard, who in 1889 at age 72 years injected himself with an extract of dog

Heart expert to speak on hormone replacement therapy  -  Feb 6, 2008
The Desert Sun,Dr. Howard N. Hodis will give a lecture on "Hormone Replacement Therapy: Data vs. Dogma" at 1:30 pm Thursday at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at

The Truth about Human Growth Hormones (HGH) and Hormone ...  -  Feb 1, 2008
PR Web (press release),Recent publicity around human growth hormones (HGH) and its use by athletes and celebrities prompts the question: "Just what is hormone replacement therapy

Your Health: Testosterone replacement therapy may improve health  -  Jan 24, 2008
Green Valley News,In years past, physicians traditionally reserved hormone replacement therapy for men with severe testosterone deficiencies. But as the male life expectancy

Hormone replacement lecture this afternoon  -  Feb 7, 2008
The Desert Sun,The Eisenhower Indian Wells Center for Healthy Living will host a lecture titled "Hormone Replacement Therapy: Data vs. Dogma" this afternoon from 1:30 to 3

Federal appeals court upholds Wyeth's favorable verdict in Prempro ...  -  Feb 14, 2008
Southeast Texas Record,The case is part of a larger multi-district litigation on hormone replacement therapy drugs. Little Rock resident Helene Rush sued the hormone manufacturer

Many Physician Weight Loss Programs Should Come With Warning ...  -  Feb 21, 2008
PR Web (press release),I treated my patients' symptoms of hormone imbalance with a combination of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), a nutritional program of

Doctors take another look at safety of hormone therapy  -  Feb 10, 2008
American Medical News (subscription)The Food and Drug Administration took action last month on hormone replacement therapy labeled as "bioidentical," one of the options that some women turned

Novo Nordisk (CPH:NOVO.B) publishes 2007 Annual Report  -  Feb 21, 2008
ReportAlert.info (press release),Novo Nordisk is a world leader in diabetes care and has leading positions within haemostasis management, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.

Saturday Quack - Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy  -  Feb 4, 2008
HealthandAge.comMany women are, quite understandably, leery of taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), ever since the flap in July 2002 when results from the Women's

TS Wiley Offers Physicians 'Two Days Back on Earth' CME Course on ...  -  Feb 8, 2008
Emediawire (press release),The course, which also educates doctors about bio-mimetic hormone restoration therapy (BHRT), currently termed bio-identical hormone replacement therapy,

Chaste Tree - Benefits and Uses of Chaste Tree  -  Feb 20, 2008
American Chronicle,Chaste tree may alter female hormones; for this reason, it shouldn't be used in conjunction with hormone replacement therapy.

Birth control pills may lower colon cancer risk  -  Feb 20, 2008
ReutersSome studies, for example, have found that older women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have a lower risk of the disease. In addition, lab experiments

Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers  -  Feb 19, 2008
New York Times,The lack of concrete research has given rise to all kinds of theories, including a sudden drop in the use of hormone-replacement therapy by menopausal women

Half A Million Cancer Deaths Have Been Averted Since Death Rate ...  -  Feb 20, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The decreases may reflect the saturation of mammography utilization and reduction in hormone replacement therapy use that followed the publication of study

Coaches for Breast Cancer Patients  -  Feb 20, 2008
InjuryBoard.com,If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with breast cancer as a result of taking hormone replacement therapy, contact Sheller, PC.

Advice on Avoiding Bad Prescription Drugs  -  Feb 16, 2008
InjuryBoard.com,Of course, there are drugs that have been out for over 5 years that are still later found defective (like Hormone Replacement Therapy,

DJ Grooverider drug sentence highlights UAE's strict laws  -  Feb 20, 2008
CNNSome prescribed medications -- such as Valium or those used for hormone replacement therapy -- are forbidden even with a prescription, Fair Trials said.

HRT: updating the evidence  -  Feb 12, 2008
New Zealand Doctor Online,...term use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could prevent health problems such as heart disease and hip fractures, and whether long term use was safe.

Depomed Reports Positive Efficacy Data From a Phase 2 Trial of ...  -  Feb 12, 2008
FOXBusinessRecent studies have suggested a link between hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer. In the Position Statement of the North American Menopause

Postmenopausal hormone therapy may raise risk of meningioma  -  Feb 8, 2008
Medicexchange,Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) appears to be associated with the occurrence of meningioma, investigators at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida,

New Programs Offer Total Body Wellness  -  Jan 31, 2008
PR UrgentThe Nova Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy offers individualized bio-identical hormone replacement programs tailored to meet the needs of men and

Prempro Case Ruling Upheld by Court  -  Jan 31, 2008
CNNMoney.comWyeth Pharmaceuticals wasn't liable in the case of a Little Rock woman who got breast cancer after taking the company's hormone-replacement therapy.

How to make sense of all those health  -  Feb 21, 2008
Nevada Appeal,Hormone replacement therapy protects the heart ... no, it doesn't protect the heart and is associated with increased risk for breast cancer!

Breast Cancer Incidence Rising In Asian Women At Younger Age ...  -  Feb 18, 2008
Medical News Today,Breast cancer in the west has been linked to obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption, diets high in saturated fat, use of hormone replacement therapy,

Prempro, Premarin Judgment against Wyeth Reduced by Nevada Judge  -  Feb 20, 2008
Newsinferno.com,Prempro and Premarin are Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) drugs. Prempro combines estrogen and progestin into one pill, while Premarin is an estrogen

In the Ongoing War of Menopause Treatments, Will Women Inevitably ...  -  Jan 23, 2008
San Angelo LIVE!,Mahoney says he used to prescribe hormone replacement therapy and bio-identical hormones to his patients in the past. He says that the synthetic HRT

Anapol Schwartz Attorney Representing Trasylol(R) Victims Says ...  -  Feb 20, 2008
StreetInsider.com (subscription),...who has served as counsel to victims in product liability cases involving Baycol, LOTRONEX, hormone replacement therapy and breast implants.

How to boost your sex drive  -  Feb 11, 2008
Independent,The impact of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on female libido has been pretty well written out of the equation during the recent repeated health scares

Additional Information: Research topics to be presented by NIDCD ...  -  Feb 13, 2008
National Institutes of Health (press release)To counter these occurrences, some women use hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a type of drug therapy taken orally to restore levels of either estrogen

Novo Nordisk A/S announces share repurchase programme  -  Feb 19, 2008
Prdomain Business Register (press release),In addition, Novo Nordisk has a leading position within areas such as haemostasis management, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.

Savage Love: Readers' Advice on Trannies, Facilitiating Threesomes ...  -  Feb 20, 2008
Dallas Observer,...â€œIn male-to-female transsexuals, hormone-replacement therapy will, over the long term, cause the shrinkage of the ownerâ€™s testicles.

Autoimmune disease  -  Feb 18, 2008
Central Chronicle,...or physical stress or accidents, during periods of hormonal change such as pre-menopause, and after starting the Pill or hormone replacement therapy.

FDA's Assault of Bioidentical Hormones  -  Feb 9, 2008
American Chronicle,That warning demanded pharmacies stop selling bioidentical hormones as an alternative to Hormone Replacement Therapy drugs (HRT), insisting that compounding

Risk Factors Identified for Uterine Sarcoma Survival  -  Feb 20, 2008
Cancer Consultants,These include age of more than 50 years, a history of benign uterine lining abnormalities, hormone replacement therapy, obesity, race, history of colorectal

The Carolina Center Discusses Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on February 26  -  Feb 19, 2008
dBusinessNews Seattle (press release),Lyme Disease, Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Allergies, and Pediatric Program for Autism.

Today's calendar  -  Feb 19, 2008
Daily News Journal (subscription),Public informational seminar discussing Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy and Adrenal Fatigue: 6:30 pm, Reeves-Sain Drug Store, 1801 Memorial Blvd.

Matters of the heart  -  Feb 20, 2008
BurlingtonFreePress.com,Cushman has analyzed data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the landmark study that was stopped when it showed hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

Weight And Cancer Risk  -  Feb 20, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...rates of cancers in their included populations, eg the use of hormone replacement therapy can effect rates of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers.

CDC: Suicides Among Middle-Aged Americans Significant Up  -  Feb 19, 2008
MyNorthwest.com,Others point to the abandonment of hormone replacement therapy by menopausal women after health warnings in 2002. Southwick says it's important to use this

More Americans Are Using More Prescription Drugs  -  Feb 13, 2008
Business Wire (press release),At the same time, decreases can be tied to high-profile recalls and medical studies questioning the safety of medications for hormone replacement therapy

It's easy to treat painful intercourse  -  Feb 15, 2008
London Free Press,In 2002, a US study called the Women's Health Initiative, reported that postmenopausal women who had been using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) longer

Suicide spikes for US middle-aged  -  Feb 19, 2008
United Press InternationalOther health officials say the increased rate among middle-aged woman may be linked to the drop in the use of hormone replacement therapy in the

Urgent Action Needed to Protect Your Right to Choose Bio-Identical ...  -  Feb 15, 2008
Hawaii Reporter,Their goal is to force you to use manufactured, â€œone-size-fits-allâ€? counterfeit hormone replacement therapy, not the human (bio-identical) hormones which

Surprising reasons you're not having sex  -  Feb 12, 2008
CNNSex Rx: Talk to your physician about the pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which may lessen menopausal symptoms.

Fixing Hormones Can Boost Sex After 40  -  Jan 29, 2008
NBC 11.com,...in age-related conditions is the relationship between hormones and libido -- specifically bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, also known as BHRT.

Inside Bridgton  -  Jan 30, 2008
KeepMEcurrent.com,Making the personal decision about whether or not to pursue hormone replacement therapy can be difficult and confusing. Information in ads and the media

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