Hormone&#39;s Effect on the Elderly
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Giving elderly people supplements of a hormone that tends to decrease as people age may help prevent weight gain and the increased risk of diabetes that often accompanies aging, according to a preliminary study.
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Researchers are still figuring out the dangers and benefits of hormone replacement therapy, but two new studies give a boost to estrogen as a defense against dementia
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WASHINGTON Oct. 1, 2004 - Despite its clear risks and bad press, hormone therapy remains the best treatment for some women suffering miserable menopause symptoms and it is inappropriate for doctors to withhold
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Study bolsters theory about interference with production of key hormone.
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Abnormal hormone levels could play a significant role in how multiple sclerosis develops, researchers suggest.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who take hormone therapy that combines estrogen with progestin have double the risk for venous thrombosis, a type of blood clot, according to a recent study.
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For women who have struggled with the symptoms of menopause but are fearful of taking risky hormone pills, there is at last a bit of hope.
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NEW YORK  - Declining physical performance among some Dutch seniors may not be a simple consequence of aging, it may actually be due to a vitamin D deficiency, results of a new study suggest.
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Estrogen-progestin pills double postmenopausal womenâs 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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As if there weren&#39;t enough reasons to reconsider hormone replacement therapy, a new study highlights yet another negative health effect of taking estrogen plus progestin to combat the symptoms of menopause.
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New research shows that exercise can help reverse the aging process at the cellular level. Strength training for the senior set.
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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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Declining physical performance  among some Dutch seniors may not be a simple consequence of  aging, it may actually be due to a vitamin D deficiency,  results of a new study suggest.
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When the hot flashes and the sleepless nights became too unbearable, Patti Gardner&#39;s doctor put her on hormone-replacement therapy.
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Now a team of researchers has found that severe emotional distress - like that caused by divorce, the loss of a job, or caring for an ill child or parent - may speed up the aging of the body&#39;s cells at the genetic level.
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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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Older women who take hormone pills that combine estrogen and testosterone more than double their risk of breast cancer, according to a study of more than 70,000 nurses.