Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...place at 180 clinical sites in 25 countries, 7,705 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis were randomly assigned to take a daily dose of either 120 milligrams of raloxifene, 60 milligrams of raloxifene, or a placebo for three years. Participants at 161 sites -- 7,023 women -- were measured for cognitive impairment ...Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...in situ, or LCIS, has increased nearly fourfold in postmenopausal women since 1980. These findings, based on the most comprehensive assessment to date of age-specific incidence rates of in situ breast cancer, while encouraging, also pose a particular challenge to health-care professionals. "There is good news in th...Obesity and insomnia linked by excitability of brain cells
...ich may lead to increased prevalence of obesity in postmenopausal women." Previous studies demonstrated the association between lack of sleep and obesity and suggested a good night's sleep to help obesity. Horvath found that the neurological basis of the link between obesity and insomnia make them both independ...Risk of womb cancer varies according to the type of HRT used
...rsity of Oxford) and colleagues recruited 717, 000 postmenopausal women from the UK, aged 50-64 years, who had no previous history of cancer and had not had a hysterectomy, into the Million Women Study, between 1996 and 2001. The women filled in questionnaires about their use of HRT and other personal details and w...Breast-cancer risk linked to exposure to traffic emissions at menarche, first birth
...risk of premenopausal breast cancer. However, for postmenopausal women, higher exposure to PAHs at the time of the ... at menarche and first birth for premenopausal and postmenopausal participants, respectively, who were lifetime nonsmokers, there was no association of traffic emissi...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for May 3, 2005
...nia Alendronate is not cost-effective in treating postmenopausal women with osteopenia or low bone mass, a new study finds (Article, p. 734). An editorial writer agrees but notes that older women with osteopenia or those with previous fractures are at higher risk for bone fractures than those with no fracture ris...Tamoxifen shows no benefit, risk for breast cancer survivors' heart health
...rs, in preventing breast cancer's recurrence among postmenopausal women. Tamoxifen, though, continues to be an impor...en, which blocks the effects of estrogen, to treat postmenopausal breast cancer in 1978. Since then, the drug has also been shown to reduce the risk of cancer in the ...Breast tumor's biological traits guide hormone therapy
... data to simulate 10-year disease-free survival in postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor positive breast cancer. "The simulations we ran suggest that the best treatment strategy is determined by the tumor's biology, and that not all patients should necessarily be given the same treatment," explains Burstein. "...Moderate alcohol use linked to increase in breast cancer risk
...Chen comments. "Our findings indicate that in some postmenopausal women, even modest levels of alcohol consumption may elevate their risk of breast cancer." Using data from the Nurses' Health Study a project led by Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital that has tracked the health of 122,000 registered nurses since...Failed lung cancer drug could help shrink breast tumors
...reast cancer cell proliferation. They recruited 56 postmenopausal women with breast cancer that was hormone sensitive and positive for EGFR from hospitals in London. 27 women were assigned gefitinib and an aromatase inhibitor called anastrozole (Arimidex) and 29 were assigned gefitinib and placebo for 4-6 weeks pri...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for May 17, 2005
...se of estrogen alone to prevent chronic disease in postmenopausal women who have undergone hysterectomy (Guidelines,... conditions in such women. The new guidelines for postmenopausal women recommend against routine use of combined estrogen and progestin for the sole use of preventin...Other highlights in the May 18 JNCI
...elopment of breast cancer. Studies have shown that postmenopausal women who have elevated blood levels of androgens of adrenal and/or ovarian origin or of estrogens have an increased risk of breast cancer. Studies of premenopausal women, however, have produced unclear results. To examine the relationship between pr...Birth weight and breastfeeding in infancy may affect premenopausal breast cancer risk
...ween birth weight and breastfeeding in infancy and postmenopausal breast-cancer risk, were reported at the American ...cy, number of pregnancies and age at menopause for postmenopausal women. Results showed that premenopausal women whose birth weight was greater than 8.5 pounds, and...Statins underprescribed to patients at higher risk of heart disease, Stanford study says
...cription drugs, including the painkiller Vioxx and postmenopausal hormone therapy, were overprescribed to patients who had little to gain from them. "You have to look at drug therapy on a case-by-case basis. We have many situations where drugs are misused or overused," said lead author Jun Ma, MD, PhD, research ass...OHSU researchers uncover cause, possible treatment for abdominal fat in postmenopausal women
...roject, scientists observed a group of 46 pre- and postmenopausal women. In the postmenopausal group, some of the women involved in the study were receiving hormone replacement therapy, others we...University of Maryland scientist wins 2005 Kettering Prize
...ugs help to prevent recurrence of breast cancer in postmenopausal women byreducing the level of the hormone estrogen...oducing estrogen. The drugs also are used to treat postmenopausal women whose breast cancer has spread to other parts of the body. "To be selected for the Ketter...Hormone replacement therapy safe for women with menopause & cancer survivors
...acement therapy (HRT) is appropriate for peri- and postmenopausal women. These and other results from the Women's H...nal Journal of Gynecological Cancer. In peri- and postmenopausal women who have moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with estrogen deficiency, data shows...Estrogen, estrogen-like drugs' ability to protect brain after stroke under study
...y to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in postmenopausal women, appears to increase the risk of those conditions. While Dr. Brann and others still question some aspects of the study, possible ill effects of estrogen led him to include in his studies the estrogen-like drugs called SERMs, which act like estr...Postmenopause and periodontal disease
... Dental Medicine did a follow-up evaluation on 106 postmenopausal women and found that during an average of 11.7 yea...rongest independent predictor of tooth loss in the postmenopausal population," explained Mine Tezal, DDS and study author. "Each millimeter of alveolar bone loss inc...Vitamin D supplements not effective in preserving bone mineral density in black women
...lementation did not appear to prevent bone loss in postmenopausal black women, according to a study in the July 25 i...he optimal calcium intake recommended for reducing postmenopausal bone loss, and it is recognized that vitamin D is important in calcium maintenance, the optimal inta...