News Tagged ‘serious illness’

HRT-breast cancer risk same regardless of family history

Women on hormone replacement therapy () who have no family history of have the same risk of developing as women with a family history who are on , according to a University of Rochester Medical Center Study.

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Estrogen receptor-positive cancer easier to treat, study says

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and its link to and other serious conditions continue to make headlines. This week, U.S. News & World Report announced that women who take and then get are at lower risk of dying from their disease, according to a new study by the University of California-Irvine.

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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.

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