The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 3
... problem is that the constant supply of additional hormone can stop a woman experiencing monthly menstrual bleeding, and some women are disturbed by this lack of scheduled bleeding. The Cochrane Review Authors found that injectable contraceptives that include medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and estradiol ...Clinical factors can help determine risk of prostate cancer death after radical prostatectomy
...t significantly, prolong survival in patients with hormone refractory disease," the authors write....Many body-conscious teens use supplements to improve physique
...e, amino acids, the amino-acid metabolite HMB, the hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), growth hormone, and anabolic steroids. "The Internet is full of sites where these substances can be purchased, and many are advertised in popular health and fitness magazines with covers like "Great abs in 5 minutes a ...Rats' response to 'stop snacking' signal diminished by high fat diet
...vasa's direction, and Covasa. The 'stop eating' hormone used in the study was cholecystokinin or CCK. CCK is released by cells in the small intestine when fat or protein is present. The hormone's release activates nerves that connect the intestine with the brain where the decision to stop eating is made...Sports doping explored during half-day symposium, Aug. 30
...used to boost muscle mass; erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone that regulates red blood cell production, might be genetically engineered to increase endurance; and 'PGC-alpha, a gene involved in muscle signaling, could be used to activate specific muscle fibers to optimize performance. Rosario M. Isasi of the Un...Vitamin D, NSAIDS provide double whammy against prostate cancer, Stanford study finds
...the body. The standard treatment for such cases is hormone therapy, but that treatment ultimately does not work for most patients. Slowing the growth of the prostate cancer cells could buy time for patients before beginning this last-ditch therapy. Over the course of Feldman's years of vitamin D research, he...Study of new treatment for short stature underway at Rush University Medical Center
...ulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) is the proximate hormone necessary for statural growth and must be present ...s to grow normally. In healthy individuals, growth hormone is secreted into the bloodstream by the pituitary gland and binds to growth hormone receptors on liv...Scientists breed special rats to learn more about hypertension
... lack of estrogen resulted in increase levels of a hormone called aldosterone that may contribute to both dia...va, M.D., the researchers measured nitric oxide, a hormone that has been found to relax blood vessels and lower blood pressure. Three different enzymes are in...Eating foods with 'weak estrogens' may help reduce lung cancer risk
...table by 41 percent. For those women who also used hormone replacement therapy, this protective effect was fu...ds on the group's 2004 finding that women who used hormone replacement therapy - which restores estrogen to postmenopausal women - had a lower risk of developi...Higher consumption of some soy products, grains and vegetables linked to reduced risk of lung cancer
... history. Women were asked whether they had taken hormone therapy in the previous six months. A food freque...lly significant joint effects were evident between hormone therapy use and phytoestrogen intake. "Specifically, high intake of the lignans [metabolites] enter...Long-term smoking is associated with up to 40 percent increased risk of breast cancer
...s known to influence breast-cancer risk, including hormone and alcohol use, and reproductive and family histo...g finding surrounded the observation that combined hormone therapy appears to significantly increase breast-cancer risk in women who smoke long term (those wit...... speculate as to why some faculty continue to take hormone therapy despite the recommendations of the Women's HealthInitiative," said Dr. Komaroff. "Most likely, they tried going off, bothersome symptoms recurred, and they made the personal decision that the benefit from reducing their symptoms was greater ...Speed of PSA rise helps predict survival for prostate cancer patients
...rostate cancer patients who have been treated with hormone therapy and radiation therapy can usually be deter... studied 621 men with prostate cancer treated with hormone and radiation therapy between 1989 and 2003 to determine whether clinical failure after their treatm...Short-term hormone therapy can improve outlook for men with early prostate cancer
...n therapy aims to lower concentrations of the male hormone testosterone in the body that can stimulate prostate cancer cells to grow. This type of hormone therapy is an established treatment for prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. ...Breast cancer increases while experts disagree on causes - Debate in crisis say academics
...e disease tended to cite genetic factors, internal hormone factors such as HRT and the contraceptive pill, smoking, drinking, dairy products, plastics, pesticides and the relation between the immune system, stress and the environment. Difficulties in finding out what caused breast cancer were compounded by a...Fatty foods fight inflammation
...- causes cells in the small intestine to produce a hormone called cholecystokinin, or CCK. CCK stimulates digestion and gut peristalsis (the motion that propels food along the digestive tract), and also triggers satiation -- the full feeling that prompts you to stop eating. The study by Luyer and colleague...NCI grants $12.1 million for USC center to study obesity and cancer
... for her extensive studies examining links between hormone exposure, obesity and physical activity and cancer risk. "We know that being overweight or obese raises risk for several types of cancer-including breast, kidney, colon, esophageal and endometrial cancers-and that physical activity reduces risk of so...October 17 news briefing highlights groundbreaking cancer studies at ASTRO Annual Meeting
...Austria found that radiation therapy combined with hormone therapy after surgery is more effective in keeping the cancer from returning. Presented by Richard Poetter, M.D. Radiation After Prostate Cancer Surgery Increases Survival Patients with advanced stage prostate cancer who receive radiation thera...Fox Chase study shows TURP patients with intermediate PSA should be considered high-risk
... 20 and received 3D conformal radiotherapy without hormone (androgen deprivation) therapy. Of these, 143 men had a prior TURP. The median pretreatment PSA was 7.3 (range: 0.1-19.9). The number of men with PSA greater than 10 was 362 (28 percent). Prior TURP was the common denominator among patients who had...Radiation and hormone therapy after surgery cures breast cancer
...omy) to remove the tumor followed by radiation and hormone therapy to kill any remaining cells. Physicians in...x. They found that radiation therapy combined with hormone therapy after surgery is more effective in keeping the cancer from returning, according to a study p...