Menopause: Easing the Transition
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Some women glide through menopause without breaking a sweat. For others, hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia and PMS become a constant burden.
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Bumps on the road to retirement smooth themselves out.
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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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Hormone therapy for postmenopausal women comes with clear risks but remains the most effective treatment for hot flashes and night sweats, say recommendations issued yesterday.
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Two recent studies that suggested oral contraceptives reduced a woman&#39;s risk of heart disease and cancer seemed to take conventional wisdom and stand it on its head.
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About a quarter of U.S. women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone back on it, according to a new study.
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ST. LOUIS -- When Joy Lagos learned she had cancer, she was confident she would beat it. What brought the San Francisco resident to tears, however, was knowing that radiation and chemotherapy would lead to early menopause and rob her of the chance to have children.
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A sharp decline in new breast cancer cases in 2003 in the United States have come because millions of older women ceased hormone replacement therapy the previous year, researchers said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - 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, says a new guide to help doctors and patients with the difficult decision.    Women who do try estrogen should use the lowest possible dose for the shortest period of time, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists stressed...
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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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Overweight and obese women have a  lower risk of breast cancer prior to menopause, researchers  said on Monday in a finding they said both puzzles them and  contradicts conventional wisdom.
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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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About a quarter of U.S. women who  stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found  to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone  back on it, the American College of Obstetricians and  Gynecologists said on Friday.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Removing one or both ovaries before a woman reaches natural menopause increases the risk of both dementia and movement disorders such as Parkinson&#39;s disease.
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NEW YORK  - Acupuncture may offer women an   alternative for easing hot flashes during menopause,   preliminary research suggests.
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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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NEW YORK  - Hormone therapy should still be offered and can benefit younger women going through menopause, members of the International Menopause Society (IMS) conclude in updated treatment recommendations.