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Hormone Pills Boost Breast Cancer Risks

Kevin Spak — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:28:28 CDT

Women who take hormone treatments after menopause are not only more likely to get cancer, but more likely to die from it, according to a new study. Doctors already knew that certain hormone pills increased the risk of cancer, but the study, which followed 12,788 women, found that the...

Hormone Therapy Nearly Doubles Lung Cancer Risks

Mat Probasco — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:10:40 CDT

Hormone replacement therapy nearly doubles women's risk of death from lung cancer, new research has discovered. The hormone therapy as women hit menopause was once nearly standard treatment. But the latest news—combined with other findings that the therapy increases risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke—will likely...

Alcohol and Hormones Raise Cancer Risk: Study

Nick McMaster — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:31:25 CDT

Postmenopausal women who drink casually while taking hormones will raise their chance of getting breast cancer, researchers said today. A Danish study of 5,000 women showed that those on estrogen and other hormones increased breast cancer risk three-fold by downing one or two drinks a day; a third drink...

Women at Risk After Hormone Therapy: Study

Matt Cantor — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:14:00 CST

Breast cancer remains a risk for women even after they stop taking hormone therapy, researchers said yesterday. A follow-up to a 2002 study showed that women who dropped estrogen and progestin still had a 24% greater breast cancer risk. But their chance of a stroke, heart attack, or blood clot...

Sex Hormone Tied to Depression

Peter Fearon — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:35:00 CST

Men with low levels of testosterone are more likely to be depressed, Australian researchers have found, and they recommend that those with abnormally low levels be treated with injections of the sex hormone. A study of men over the age of 70 revealed that those with the lowest testosterone levels...

Hormone Therapy Skews Diagnosis

Zach Samalin — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:55:00 CST

Women who use hormone replacement therapy to combat menopause symptoms are more likely to get false mammogram results and have unneeded biopsies, new research shows. The UCLA analysis of an earlier study of more than 16,000 women found that 35% of those on hormones received skewed test results, as...

Suicides Spike Among Middle-Aged

Katherine Thompson — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:10:00 CST

Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have spiked dramatically in recent years, in contrast to flat or declining rates in younger and older demographics, mystifying experts, reports the New York Times . For people 45 to 54, the rate jumped 20% between 1999 and 2004; for women, the increase was 31%. Theories...

Jury Adds Punitive $99M in Hormone Cancer Suit

Colleen Barry — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:27:24 CDT

A Nevada jury has tacked on an additional $99 million in punitive damages against the Wyeth pharmaceutical company after ruling in favor of three women who argued that the drug maker's hormone replacement therapy caused their breast cancer. That amount, added to compensatory damages determined last week, makes the total...

Lifestyle Changes Could Cut Breast Cancer by10%

Caroline Zimmerman — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:45:24 CDT

A tenth of all breast cancer cases could be prevented by 2024, a UK cancer research foundation projects, if women made simple lifestyle changes beginning now: reducing the duration of hormone replacement therapy, avoiding obesity, drinking less, getting more exercise, and breastfeeding longer.