Menopausal women on hormone therapy shouldn’t stop treatment prior to mammograms

October 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - SE5-OH containing Natural S-equol-a novel soy germ-based ingredient in a supplement-was found to improve menopausal symptoms, reveals a study in Japanese women. In fact, the ingredient has the potential to reduce hot flash frequency by nearly 59 percent.

October 9th, 2009 Nonprofits team up to bring mammograms to the bankSEATTLE — Women in Nicaragua may soon get mammograms while they bank, thanks to the work of two Seattle nonprofit groups. Global Partnerships, which supports microfinance and other services for the poor, is working with global-health expert PATH to launch the program with Pro Mujer, a women's development and microfinance organization in Latin America.

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - It may be time for men to split the contraceptive burden with women, for Scottish scientists have come up with a new 'Pill' that drastically reduces sperm count in men. Professor Richard Anderson, from Edinburgh University, is on the look out for men willing to try the revolutionary hormone injections, containing progesterone and testosterone, to be given in the bum every two months.

September 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A drug initially used to treat seizures improves sleep quality in menopausal women with hot flashes, claims a new study. University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have reported the finding online and in the September issue of the Journal of Women's Health.

August 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The reason behind the increase in visceral fat, more commonly called belly fat, in middle-aged women is not age, but the change in hormone balance that occurs during the menopause transition, say researchers at Rush University Medical Center. "Of all the factors we analyzed that could possibly account for the increase in visceral fat during this period in a woman's lifetime, levels of active testosterone proved to be the one most closely linked with abdominal fat," said Imke Janssen, PhD, assistant professor of preventive medicine and the study's lead investigator.

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - A six-month treatment with a synthetic gastro-intestinal hormone, Lanreotide, significantly decreased swollen cystic livers, compared to a 'wait and see' policy, says a new research. At least five percent of the population have one or two cysts in the liver.

June 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Postmenopausal women who take hormone therapy may get added benefit if they stay physically active, say researchers. The team from University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil showed that hormone therapy along combined with some exercise can reduce belly fat, body fat percentage after menopause among older women.

June 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Dishing with a friend does wonders for a woman's emotional state, but the scientific basis behind this phenomenon has been unknown to date. A University of Michigan study has now revealed that feeling emotionally close to a friend increases levels of the hormone progesterone, which helps boost well-being and reduce anxiety and stress.

May 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Meditation or cognitive therapy may be an effective management strategy to control the frequent urge to urinate among women, according to a study. Loyola University Health System (LUHS) have employed cognitive therapy to treat overactive bladders.

April 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - With decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat menopause symptoms, the rate of myocardial infarctions, or heart attacks, has also dropped, a new study has found. However, there has been no decrease in the rate of strokes, the study published in the May issue of the journal Medical Care noted.

March 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - British researchers claim that hormone kisspeptin shows promise as a potential new treatment for infertility. The study, led by Dr Waljit Dhillo from Imperial College London, has shown that giving kisspeptin to women with infertility can activate the release of sex hormones, which control the menstrual cycle.

March 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Post menopausal women and men over 60 years who drink alcohol moderately seem to have stronger bones, according to a new study. The study found that regular moderate consumption of beer or wine may have protective effects on bone, but that heavy drinking may contribute to bone loss.

January 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Could a dab of testosterone gell revive flagging libidos in post-menopausal women? Researchers are testing LibiGel, dubbed the 'pink Viagra' on 3,500 women at 50 US locations, under phase III of the clinical trials, a report in Albuquerque Journal quoting Frederick Snoy, a lead investigator at one of the sites, said. In another study, researchers are enlisting women between the ages of 30 and 65, complaining of lower libido post-surgical menopause (hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries), and recipients of estrogen replacement therapy.

January 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - There is some hope for women who suffer from endometriosis, infertility and pelvic pain during sex, a chronic disease that affects five to 10 million women in the US. Serdar Bulun, professor of gynaecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and colleagues have discovered key epigenetic abnormalities in endometriosis and identified existing chemicals that now help treat it.

January 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Although 80 percent women in the US have used oral contraceptives at one time or another since the sixties, these could carry unknown long-term risks. More so when women's lifestyles change and new forms of contraceptives become available, according to specialists in women's heart disease at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre (C-SMC).