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CMSC: Many menopausal and MS symptoms overlap

Posted on: 07/06/2015 - 13:20

INDIANAPOLIS – About 50% of women with multiple sclerosis are postmenopausal, but objective data about the impact of menopause on the course of multiple sclerosis are lacking. “We don’t know...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hormone therapy helps mood, but not cognition, in younger menopausal women

Posted on: 02/06/2015 - 19:00

For recently postmenopausal women, oral combined hormone therapy may help with symptoms of depression and anxiety. But hormone therapy did not produce any changes in cognition. In a large,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

ACOG: Long-term low-dose vaginal estrogen poses no apparent cancer risk

Posted on: 26/05/2015 - 22:50

SAN FRANCISCO – The use of unopposed topical vaginal estrogen is not associated with an increased risk of endometrial hyperplasia or cancer, findings from a large database review suggest. Yearly...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hot flashes in younger women may signal cardiac risk

Posted on: 14/03/2015 - 17:50

For women in midlife, an earlier age of onset of vasomotor symptoms – hot flashes and night sweats – was linked to impaired endothelial function, ... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Use of nonregulated menopausal hormone treatment on the rise

Posted on: 07/03/2015 - 16:33

SAN DIEGO – An estimated 26-33 million prescriptions for compounded, non–FDA-approved menopausal hormone therapy are filled in the United States e... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hot flashes linked to increased hip fracture risk

Posted on: 30/12/2014 - 12:49

Hot flashes are associated with a significant increase in the risk of hip fracture, regardless of age, body mass index, and other confounders such as smoking, according to analysis of data from the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Ospemifene’s effect more comprehensive than its FDA indication

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 21:52

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Ospemifene, a treatment for dyspareunia in postmenopausal women, also improved other symptoms of vaginal vulvar atrophy, according to a secondary analysis of two pivotal phase...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Soy isoflavones safe in postmenopausal women, data from 3-year trial showed

Posted on: 07/11/2014 - 21:12

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Soy isoflavones are safe for postmenopausal women to take long term, having no treatment effect on endometrial thickness, reproductive hormones, or thyroid function, the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: SERMs move beyond osteoporosis, breast cancer prevention

Posted on: 28/10/2014 - 20:19

HONOLULU– Uses for selective estrogen receptor modulators have grown beyond prevention of breast cancer or osteoporosis to treatment of postmenopausal symptoms. <a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Purified pollen extract for hot flashes did not inhibit tamoxifen’s efficacy

Posted on: 24/10/2014 - 17:28

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Relizen, a nonhormonal purified pollen extract with demonstrated efficacy in treating vasomotor symptoms of menopause, had negligible effects on the CYP2D6 enzyme at five times...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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