News Tagged ‘menopausal’
Male hormone increases sex drive, cancer risk questionable
Postmenopausal women who experience a slump in their sex drive may rediscover their libido by taking the male sex hormone testosterone. However, researchers are unsure if there may be a link between the use of testosterone and breast cancer, according to FoodConsumer.org.
Women can experience symptoms years before menopause
Years before the onset of menopause, women can begin to feel many of the symptoms as part of perimenopause, according to a story by AsiaOne.
Perimenopause is the body’s natural transition toward menopause. This is period leading up to menopause – anywhere from two to eight years – as well as the first year after a woman’s last menstrual cycle.
Study finds HRT may increase need for hip, knee replacements
Women who have never given birth and women who take postmenopausal hormone replace therapy (HRT) may have a higher risk of severe hip or knee and osteoarthritis, according to a story by Med Page Today. The medical publication credits the Million Women Study, a confidential national study of women’s health involving more than one million UK women aged 50 and older. The project is a collaborative project between Cancer Research UK and the National Health Service and focuses on the effects of HRT. Because the study group is so large, a broad range of topics can be addressed.
Test may help women know when menopause is approaching
Many women begin hearing the silent ticking of their biological clocks when they hit 30. By 40, that ticking can become downright deafening, especially for women who want to have a baby but have yet to conceive. After all, there is no telling when a woman will enter menopause, which would greatly reduce her likelihood of becoming pregnant.
If only there was some way of knowing when our reproductive cycles will end.
Strong bones in menopause may increase risk of breast cancer
Strong bones may make older, post-menopausal women at greater risk for breast cancer, according to a study conducted by University of Arizona, reported by KABC-TV in Los Angeles.
Bone scans are used to check for osteoporosis, a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. Women are typically four times more likely than men to suffer from osteoporosis. Because there is a direct relationship between the lack of estrogen after menopause and the development of osteoporosis, most doctors advise older women to have bone density tests every year along with a mammogram.
New method found to detect early stage ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers, expected to kill about 15,000 women in 2008, according to the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. Risk factors remain a mystery; however, researchers believe a woman is at increased risk if she has a family history of cancer, personal history of cancer, is older than 55, has never been pregnant, and has used menopausal hormone therapy.
HRT linked to recurrence of breast cancer
Once thought of as a cure-all for a host of menopausal symptoms with benefits ranging from increased bone strength and protection against heart disease, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) continues to come under fire for causing more harm than good. Now researchers believe that women who survived breast cancer and then took HRT to relieve menopause symptoms may be at a significantly higher risk for breast cancer recurrence, according to Natural News.
ProjectAWARE answers questions about menopause
Every woman approaching menopause or currently suffering from the symptoms of menopause has questions. How bad will the symptoms be? What is the best way to manage the symptoms? Will the treatment make me sick? Am I the only one who feels this way? In order to find answers most women have to educate themselves, and that can be a monumental task.
October is breast cancer month; time to evaluate breast health
October is breast cancer awareness month, which makes it a perfect time for women currently taking or considering taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), to assess their breast health.