Caroline Receveur’s breast cancer: what is hormone therapy?
Following the diagnosis of her breast cancer, Caroline Receveur is currently undergoing hormone therapy. THE ESSENTIAL Following her breast cancer, ...
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Venous thrombosis: statins combined with hormonal therapy reduce the risk
In postmenopausal women, taking both statins and hormone therapy may play a role in reducing the risk of blood clots. ...
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Menopause: hot flashes, a risk for cardiovascular health
A study of more than 800 women demonstrates the impact of menopausal hot flashes on metabolic syndrome and high blood ...
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Alzheimer’s: hormone replacement therapy to prevent the disease in women at risk
Hormone replacement therapy would prevent Alzheimer's disease in women carrying the APOE.4 gene, the most important risk factor for this ...
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Covid-19: the third day of hospitalization is a tipping point
The condition of hospitalized patients would remain stable for the first two days of hospitalization and it is on the ...
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Covid: hospitalizations of unvaccinated pregnant women on the rise in the USA
The Delta variant causes an increase in hospitalizations of pregnant women who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 in the United ...
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Prostate cancer: a new treatment saves two and a half years of survival
Combining two hormone therapies and chemotherapy halves the risk of tumor progression in prostate cancer. THE ESSENTIAL With some 50,000 ...
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“To have metastatic triple negative breast cancer today is to have a limited life expectancy”
While the new ten-year cancer strategy will be unveiled this week, Claude Coutier, a 51-year-old computer scientist, recounts her battle ...
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Oral hormone therapy may increase risk of coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women
In the blood samples taken, certain metabolic markers indicate risks of diseases, both cardiovascular and coronary, in postmenopausal women using ...
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Discovery of a genetic target to treat endometriosis
An epigenetic drug can compensate for the mutation of part of a gene that is linked to the most invasive ...
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Transgender and hormones: beware of the risk of stroke and heart attack
Transgender men and women who take hormones to change sex have a much higher risk of having a stroke or ...
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Menopause: some treatments increase the risk of blood clots
Some oral treatments offered to relieve the symptoms of menopause increase the risk of blood clots.During menopause, women who take ...
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After menopause, hormone treatment protects against knee osteoarthritis
A study shows for the first time that hormone replacement therapy protects against knee osteoarthritis and pain. The relationship between ...
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Prostate cancer: at the locally advanced stage, the duration of hormone therapy is now known
In locally advanced prostate cancer, where the risk of relapse is not negligible despite radiotherapy with curative intent, the duration ...
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Cancer: using alternative medicines decreases the chances of survival
Diets, minerals, vitamins, yoga, acupuncture, naturopathy, homeopathy ... A new study, published in JAMA, has just shown that the use ...
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Mild dementia: hormone therapy slows cognitive decline in postmenopausal women
Postmenopausal women with mild cognitive impairment saw their intellectual performance improve after receiving hormone therapy for 24 months. Hormones affect ...
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Breast cancer can benefit from hormone therapy for a long time
Hormone-sensitive breast cancer can come back for a long time after stopping hormone therapy, a new study shows. Certain criteria ...
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Menopause: hormone treatments would improve heart health
Postmenopausal women receiving hormones are less likely to develop atherosclerosis than untreated women.Menopause hormone treatments (THMs) are said to extend ...
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Menopause: hormonal therapy would protect teeth
Hormonal therapy protects the bones but also the teeth. Menopausal women treated are 44% less affected by periodontitis.Hormones to help ...
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Prostate cancer: the benefits of hormone therapy in recurrence
Combining irradiation with hormone therapy reduces the risk of metastasis and death in patients with recurrent cancer.In the event of ...
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Breast cancer: continuing hormone therapy reduces relapses
Postmenopausal women treated for 10 years with hormone therapy have a risk of relapse and new cancer was reduced by ...
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Prostate cancer: hormone therapy does not improve survival
The use of hormone deprivation therapy has no impact on the survival of patients with prostate cancer. At 15, she ...
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Menopause: treatment does not increase death rate
Temporary use of hormonal treatments for menopause has no negative impact on expected mortality.To treat or not to treat the ...
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Breast cancer: treatment anxiety amplifies side effects
A German study shows that fear of side effects from treatment for breast cancer can influence their appearance. The side ...
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Motherhood permanently changes the brain
Motherhood permanently modifies the brain. Research shows that these changes are linked to the way the brain responds to hormone-based ...
Read moreCancer treatments and fertility
In a joint report, the Biomedicine Agency and the National Cancer Institute emphasize the disparities in information regarding treatments that ...
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