News articles tagged with 'hormonal'
Hormone therapy begun at menopause may pose risk for breast cancer
— 29 Jan 2011 18:01 | HealthStarting hormone therapy at around the time of menopause is associated with a greater risk of breast cancer compared to starting after a longer gap, according to a study published online…
Epilepsy: Women need specific treatment
— 30 Nov 2010 21:15 | HealthDoctors treating female epilepsy patients have to take account of the specific hormonal situation in women. Such an approach can often reduce the limitations imposed by the disease.…
Johns Hopkins researchers unravel clues to infertility among obese women
— 8 Sep 2010 11:39 | HealthObese women have a well-known risk for infertility, but a new Johns Hopkins Children's Centre study has unravelled what investigators there believe is the mechanism that accounts for…
Cost of prostate cancer care varies with initial treatment choice
— 23 Aug 2010 08:59 | HealthA new analysis has found that short-term and long-term costs of prostate cancer care vary considerably based on which treatment strategy a man initially receives. Published early online…
Hormonal birth control alters scent communication in primates
— 28 Jul 2010 11:21 | BiologyHormonal contraceptives change the ways captive ring-tailed lemurs relate to one another both socially and sexually, according to a Duke University study that combined analyses of hormones,…
Depressed mice could aid research on drug-resistant depression in humans
— 30 Jun 2010 11:36 | HealthNew research shows that a unique strain of laboratory mice characterised at Penn State University has behavioural, hormonal, and neurochemical characteristics that are similar to those…
Fewer than half of breast cancer patients adhere to hormonal therapy regimen, study finds
— 29 Jun 2010 09:59 | HealthA new study of nearly 8,800 women with early-stage breast cancer found that fewer than half - approximately 49 percent - completed their full regimen of hormone therapy according to…
IUDs reduce pregnancy rates compared to hormonal contraceptives
— 16 Jun 2010 13:44 | HealthWomen who have had intrauterine devices (IUDs) fitted as contraceptives are less likely to become pregnant than those who have hormone injections, a new review by Cochrane Researchers…
Hormonal contraceptives associated with higher risk of female sexual dysfunction
— 4 May 2010 09:34 | HealthWomen taking non-oral and oral hormonal contraceptives were at highest risk of Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD), according to a study of female German medical students published today…
Disease-free, overall survival inferior for black women with HR-positive breast cancer
— 12 Dec 2009 10:18 | HealthBlack women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer had worse disease-free and overall survival, according to data presented at the CTRC-AACR Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer…