Hormone Therapy

What's The 'E'? Critiquing The Estrogen Speculation Surrounding Willam Belli's 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Disqualification

Randall Jenson | Posted 05.27.2012

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I have a hard time understanding why the idea of estrogen use would be threatening to being a gay man, when in fact, personal identity is a delicate balance of choice, personal representation, and lived experiences.

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HRT and Breast Cancer: A Brief Primer

Mache Seibel, MD | Posted 05.19.2012

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The recent Pfizer jury award is sure to scare many women. Whether or not to take estrogen and or progesterone is a very personal decision that needs to be individualized.

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Why Men Should Consider an Integrative Approach to Prostate Cancer (Part I)

Gabe Canales | Posted 05.05.2012

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Early in 2010 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer -- at age 35. With no family history of cancer, I sought the opinions of top doctors in Houston and New York on how to treat my diagnosis.

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HRT Questioned Again -- Really?

Susan M. Love | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Women's Health Initiative, Menopause, Women's Health, Hrt, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, Hormone Replacement, Hormone Therapy Menopause, Hrt Breast Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Hormone Therapy Cancer, Breast Cancer, Healthy Living News

Once again we are returning to the question of whether menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases breast cancer risk.

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Menopause, Hormone Therapy And Endometriosis

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Estrogen, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Love & Sex, Personal Health, Women's Health, Menopause, Hormone Therapy, Endometriosis, Estradiol, Healthy Living News

Endometriosis is a disease that affects more than six million women in the United States alone.

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Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer: More Bad News

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patricia Yarberry Allen, Estrogen, Wvfc, Breast Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Bio-Identical Hormones, Women's Voices for Change, New York Times, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Dr. Pat, Cancer, Million Woman Study, Home News

The Million Women Study is a British observational study that began in May 1996 and ended in December 2001.

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Estrogen Therapy Revisited: Does It Decrease Breast Cancer?

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scientists and physicians will need to evaluate Dr. Joseph Ragaz's hypothesis that the estrogen made by the post menopausal woman from conversion of male hormone derived from the ovaries is carcinogenic.

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Not Another Hormone Scare!

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Women who have significant menopausal symptoms should evaluate the risks and benefits of hormonal treatment with their health care providers.

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Why Hormone Therapy Could Save Your Life, Not Threaten It

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you're among the one in four women with menopausal symptoms, talk to your doc. Good bet the new hormones (plus aspirin) will bring you relief and you'll net hormone therapy's other benefits.

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'The Estrogen Dilemma' and the Holy Grail of Menopausal Symptom Management

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 11.17.2011

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In this past weekend's " New York Times Magazine, Cynthia Gorney, a journalist in her 50s, wrote a passionate essay about the suffering experienced by some women during the perimenopausal transition.

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10 Hormone Therapy Facts Every Woman Should Know

Staness Jonekos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Compounded Hormone Therapy, Synthetic Hormones, Hormone Therapy, Health, Hormone Therapies, Hormone Therapy Options, Healthy Living News

When we see Samantha squirting hormones on her arms in Sex and the City 2, we are watching drug dosing that is uncontrolled and dangerous.

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Transgender Prison Inmates Have Right To Hormone Therapy, Rules Federal Judge

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has struck down a unique Wisconsin law that prohibits transgender inmates from receiving taxpayer-funded hormone...

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Testosterone: Friend Or Foe?

Myles Spar, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Men, Aging, Men's Health, Hormones, Anti-Aging, Hormone Therapy, Testosterone, Health, Healthy Living News

Among 1,532 randomly selected men at three time periods between those years, there was a slow, steady decline in T levels -- even correcting for being over weight or smoking.

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Hormone Therapy: Synthetic Progestins Are Not The Same As Progesterone

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Todd Tiahrt, Breast Cancer, Hormones, Progesterone, Women's Health, Christiane Northrup, Hormone Therapy, Progestins, Health, Healthy Living News

Synthetic progestins are not the same as progesterone, and reporting on them as if they confer the same risks and benefits is absurd.

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The Decade In Health: New Bugs, Scary Food, Bad Drugs

usatoday.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cancer Vaccine, Hormone Therapy, Health, Swine Flu, Food Supply, Sars, Vioxx, Vaccine, Cancer, Obesity, H1n1, Wellness, Healthy Living News

As the decade comes to a close, USA TODAY looks at some of the more newsworthy medical stories of the past 10 years....

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VIDEO: New Frontiers in Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hormone therapy is a standard treatment for both early-stage and metastatic breast cancer. New studies show that extending the duration of treatment in post-menopausal women may reduce recurrence and improve survival.

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Video: The Opportunity for Prevention -- What Works and What's on the Horizon

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Breast Reconstruction, Breast Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Chemotherapy, Video, Healthy Living News

All women can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by decreasing the intake of alcohol, avoiding obesity and with exercise starting at an early age.

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