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HRT Special: What's the prognosis for women who reject HRT?
(Telegraph 19/06/2009)
A million women in the UK have reportedly stopped taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) thanks to the Million Women Study. This investigation from 2003 concluded that women on HRT demonstrated a twofold risk of breast cancer. The study, along with a report by the US Women's Health Initiative (in 2002) which linked HRT to a twofold risk of heart disease, sparked such fear that the number of prescriptions issued fell from six million in 2001 to three million by 2005.
Clues found to menopause timing
(BBC 25/05/2009)
Scientists have identified genetic variants which affect the age when a woman reaches the menopause. The researchers in the Netherlands believe the discovery might help with treatments for fertility problems. Genetic data from nine studies involving 10,339 menopausal women were analysed by the team from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. They found 20 changes in individuals' genetic codes that were associated with early menopause - located at four different sites on chromosomes 19 and 20.
Menopausal sex 'myths' analysed
(BBC 06/03/2009)
New research has suggested more than 80% of menopausal women still want to have an active sex life. The study was led by Dr Heather Currie, a gynaecologist and obstetrician at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. It surveyed more than 2,500 women in a bid to "banish misconceptions" about their attitude towards sex.
Menopause, a survivors' guide: Women who've coped in very different ways share their wisdom
(Daily Mail 15/01/2009)
First we were told HRT could cause cancer. Now, herbal remedies for the menopause have been branded dangerous, too. So what SHOULD we be doing? Here, writers who've coped in very different ways share their wisdom . . .When did 'menopause' become a dirty word? It is a stage every healthy woman will face, so why do we allow it to remain clouded in confusion?
Herbal menopause cures lack proof
(BBC 14/01/2009)
There is no convincing evidence that herbal remedies commonly taken to relieve troublesome menopausal symptoms actually work, say experts. And some 'natural' treatments, like black cohosh, can cause serious harm, says the Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). Polls suggest 40% of UK women have used complementary and alternative therapies for their menopausal symptoms.
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Menopause evolved 'so that women could help out with grandchildren'
(Telegraph 10/12/2008)
Humans are the only primate to go through the change of life whilst many other animals continue breeding into old age. But now a team at Cambridge University believe they may have come up with the answer - and it is all to do with the daughter-in-law. They believe that the menopause is the evolutionary result of competition between women and their daughters-in law from 1000s of years ago.
The test that predicts when the menopause will start
(Daily Mail 02/11/2008)
Scientists have developed a test that can predict when a woman will go through the menopause.
HRT pills 'blood clot risk link'
(BBC 23/05/2008)
PUK Comment: A study suggests menopausal woman who use oral HRT have a higher risk of blood clots than women using skin patches. However, the risk of blood clots in 50-59 year old women using HRT by either method is low.
HRT 'might ward off Alzheimer's'
(BBC 25/03/2008)
Hormone replacement therapy may protect post-menopausal women against Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
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