Concern over menopause remedies
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Women who swap hormone replacement therapy for alternative therapies to treat menopause symptoms risk harming themselves, doctors say.
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HRT, in the form of estrogen replacement (ERT), has been prescribed since the 1940s to treat the unpleasant side effects that menopause causes in some women.
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The same huge federal study that led millions of women to abandon use of hormones after menopause now provides reassurance that another hormone concoction &#151; the birth control pill &#151; is safe.
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NEW YORK  - Contrary to expectations, the higher a woman's percentage of body fat at menopause, the more likely she is to experience symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats, a new study shows.
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SAN ANTONIO -- This week's news that a big drop in cases of breast cancer could be due to millions of women going off menopause hormones may lead even more of them to abandon the pills.
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CHICAGO Researchers are warning that some herbal remedies from India may contain dangerous levels of lead, mercury and arsenic. A Harvard Medical School study found levels high enough to cause poisoning in
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NEW YORK  - Many herbal remedies and  nutritional supplements can damage the eyes, including some  alternative therapies that are used by people trying to correct  eye problems, new research reports.
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NEW YORK -- Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life _ unless they take estrogen until age 50, a new study suggests.
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The type of progestin used in hormone therapy for menopausal women could affect heart attack severity, says a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center study on monkeys.
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A dizzying array of new low-dose treatment options have been offered in the last five years to counter the symptoms of menopause.
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Do young women who sell their eggs to make a few bucks have to worry about early menopause? In Bodyhack.
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ATLANTA, June 20 -- Five years after a landmark study scared millions of women off hormones for menopause symptoms, new research suggests the pills may offer some heart benefits for certain women who start taking them in their 50s.
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A drop in breast cancer cases may due to women eschewing Hormone Replacement Therapy, a study suggests.
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Oct. 1, 2004 -- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is still the most effective treatment available for menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes and night sweats, but it is not without risk and should not be
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Estrogen-progestin pills double postmenopausal women&#39;s chances of developing dangerous blood clots, and the risk is even higher for overweight patients and those over 60, researchers say.
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SAN ANTONIO -- The millions of women who quit taking menopause hormones after a big federal study found that the pills raised the risk of breast cancer now have more reason to be glad they stopped.
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Experts have dismissed claims a herbal remedy can treat cancer.