Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
...ional, or adjuvant, therapy after surgery, such as hormone therapy or radiotherapy. Dr. Zincke indicates that adjuvant therapy is necessary for patients whose prostate cancer affects the lymph nodes. Surgery alone may be sufficient treatment for those without lymph node involvement. Approximately 50 percent ...Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
...rch method, giving hyperlipidemic mice the peptide hormone angiotensin II results in the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Not surprisingly, considering the gender differences in humans, male mice have a three-fold higher susceptibility to developing the angiotensin-induced aneurysms than age-matche...Onion compound may help fight osteoporosis
... newborn rats and exposed the cells to parathyroid hormone to stimulate bone loss, then exposed some of the treated cells to GPCS. Treatment with GPCS significantly inhibited the loss of bone minerals, including calcium, when compared to cells that were not exposed to GPCS, according to the researchers. Addi...Studies examine menopausal hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer recurrence
...ses of estrogen and progestogen used in menopausal hormone therapy may be related to the risk of breast cance... began in Sweden to test the effects of menopausal hormone therapy in women after they had been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. The HABITS trial, whi...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...he drug, raloxifene, modulates the activity of the hormone estrogen. The finding was published in the April 2005 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) affects more than one-third of women and one-fifth of men aged 65 and older. It reduces short-term memory and is associ...Chemical present in clear plastics can impair learning and cause disease
...ugh estrogen is best known as one of the principal hormone products of the ovary, a number of studies over the last twenty years have shown that estrogen is also synthesized in the brain, where it contributes to the development and function of the hippocampus. MacLusky said that high concentrations of BPA ha...Bad outcomes related to, but not caused by, misdosing of clotbusters in heart attack patients
...." Granger cited as a similar example the issue of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for post-menopausal women. Earlier observational studies of thousands of women indicated an association between HRT and a lowered risk of heart attack. "However, when the randomized, scientific studies were done the opposite...Hormone aids recovery in rats with hemorrhagic stroke
MIAMI BEACH Erythropoietin, a glycoprotein hormone that stimulates bone marrow to produce red blood cells, has shown a therapeutic effect on rats who have suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 57th Annual Meeting in Mia...Mesotherapy not proven as a safe alternative to liposuction
... be used in conjunction with dietary modification, hormone replacement therapy, exercise and nutritional supplements. No drug is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in mesotherapy. Although the practice of mesotherapy has been around for decades in Europe, it has only recently been ...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 2
...uld not recommend that post-menopausal women start hormone replacement therapy (HRT) just to prevent cardiovascular events. Also, women at particular risk of blood clots should be discouraged from using HRT to prevent cardiovascular events. Post-menopausal women are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease (...Study finds possible mechanism for link between sleep disturbances and metabolic syndrome
...o had lessfluctuation in blood levels of leptin, a hormone that transmits a satietysignal to the brain. The r...nd that Clock mutant mice hadreduced levels of the hormone ghrelin within the hypothalamus, indictingthat ghrelin may participate in the neuronal relay linking......ew trends in Chinese medicine, new uses for growth hormone replacement therapies, risk factors of polycystic ovary syndrome and treatment for atherosclerosis. These four new studies will be presented in a press conference on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at 10:00 a.m (PST)....Menopause and African-American women
... Only 16 percent of the women were currently using hormone replacement therapy, and 68 percent had never tried it, although all of the women were aware of the option and had been offered a prescription by their clinician, Alexander said....Herbal medicine may alter cell response to cancer therapeutic agents
...periencing menopausal symptoms due to removal from hormone replacement therapy or to the effects of their therapy. In this study Rockwell and her team used a widely studied mouse breast cancer cell line to see whether commercially available extracts of black cohosh altered the response of cancer cells to ra...New prostate cancer studies look at hormone and protein connection
.... In its early stage, prostate cancer requires the hormone androgen to grow, until it progresses to a point where androgen is no longer needed. Clinical observations demonstrate clearly that 50 percent of advanced prostate cancers have no PTEN. It is believed that the loss of PTEN removes a crucial protecti...M. D. Anderson announces collaboration with India's largest yoga research institution
...ing overall quality of life, mental health, stress hormone levels, and aspects of immune function. The randomized controlled trial is monitoring patients' physiological responses to yoga as determined from blood and saliva samples, lung function tests and goniometric (joint motion) measurements. A follow-up ...Patients with pituitary gland tumors are often misdiagnosed
.... In addition, the pituitary gland produces growth hormone for normal development of height and prolactin for milk production. CINN psychologist Dino Kostas said pituitary tumor patients have unique concerns, such as loss of vision, that require a different approach. He emphasized that an educational seminar...MRI study shows hormone leptin alters brains, may ease cravings of people with obesity gene
...sonance imaging (MRI) study finds that the protein hormone leptin promotes development of gray matter in the ...cravings. Background: Leptin is a protein hormone that plays an important role in regulating body weight, metabolism and reproductive function. Resear...Babies show ripple effects of mothers stress from 9/11 trauma
...gical trait. "In the current study, reduced stress hormone levels were observed in infants, suggesting a larger role for very early environmental, genetic, or genetic-environmental interactions than previously thought," explains Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D., principal investigator of the study. Scientists at Mount S...... of Breast Cancer to Spread, Animal Study Finds A hormone used in the contraceptive Depo-Provera increased e... Institute, and colleagues tested whether treating hormone receptornegative breast cancer cells with MPA could decrease the ability of the cancer cells to meta...