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A federal judge has thrown out a jury award of more than $27 million for an Arkansas woman who developed breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy.
HRT: More Unpredictable than Hormones Themselves
HRT: More Unpredictable than Hormones Themselves Hot flashes. Insomnia. Mood swings.
I took her feet and have put them to myself Since has pushed away my hands, has slightly grasped a head lips and not Groan having bent itself, has lifted thighs so, that the bent feet concerned backs It is a ...
Yesterday was a gift of opposition. After stopping her bio-identical hormone therapy a few years back and now on the verge of menopausal crisis, a former patient returned to my care.
Prempro maker argues to strike $27M damage award
“What we have here, as it relates to Upjohn, is the absence of evidence of any conscious intent, of a knowing, reckless conduct which could amount to malice”
Drugmakers Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Upjohn Co. have asked a federal judge to void a $27 million punitive damage award to a woman who developed breast cancer after taking hormone treatments that she claimed ... via Log Cabin Democrat
My Turn: A thought for Be Kind to Animals Week
The week of May 4-10 is 'Be Kind to Animals Week.' A good start would be to buy cage-free eggs, from hens with room to run instead of from factory farms, where many are crammed in cages so small they can ... via BurlingtonFreePress.com
“The doses we're using now are much, much lower”
No matter when postmenopausal women start hormone replacement therapy , high doses of the treatment increase their risk of stroke, a new study finds. via HON
Handling herpes heartbreak: Take medicine, get counseling
Question: I desperately need your help. I was diagnosed with genital herpes three years ago, and this diagnosis has left me full of emotions. via Palm Beach Post
Xenoestrogens Hormones are produced in the body. They are chemical messengers that are carried through the bloodstream to other organs and tissues within the body. via SooToday
Women Taking Estrogen-Only HRT More Likely To Develop Benign Breast Lumps, Study Finds
“You might say this is one additional risk.”
Women's Health / Gynecology Women who take estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy are twice as likely as women not taking the treatment to develop noncancerous breast lumps, according to a study published ... via MediLexicon
Estrogen raises risk of benign breast disease
Women who took a commonly prescribed hormone replacement therapy pill had double the risk of developing benign proliferative breast disease, which may raise the risk of breast cancer, U.S. researchers said on ... via Reuters
Rescuers ready animals for happy homes
“We spend a lot of time just really giving them confidence”
The number 14 shaved on the side of the horse is fading. And along with the marking that identified her, as she was auctioned for slaughter, the behavior that marked Savannah Belle as a horse growing up without ... via Journal News
Wall Street Journal Examines Use Of Estrogen To Treat Menopause-Related Memory Loss
Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Endocrinology ; Seniors / Aging ; Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 20 Mar 2008 - 8:00 PDT newsletters The on Tuesday examined the use of ... via Medical News Today
Estrogen can help restore memory
“Some women are very sensitive to this decrease and some aren't”
Gayatri Devi, a neurologist and psychiatrist, was working with a team of other memory specialists in 1997 when a patient's case changed her career. via PsycPORT.com
Jury orders drug companies to pay $27M to US woman in hormone suit
“This is a significant victory for all the women of Arkansas and all around this country because this jury said that the suffering of the grandmothers of this country has real value”
LITTLE ROCK : A jury has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Upjohn Co. to pay more than $27 million to a Little Rock woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy. via International Herald Tribune
Plaintiff wins cancer suit against drug firms
A federal jury delivered a $ 2. 75 million verdict Monday against pharmaceutical companies Wyeth and Pharmacia & Upjohn, now a division of Pfizer Inc., after finding that a Little Rock woman's breast cancer was ... via Herald-Leader
Will Wyeth Bully You Out of Your Estriol?
The FDA has begun 2008 by forbidding compounding pharmacists to use estriol in their natural hormone formulations because the agency doesn't have a specified approved use for it. via NewsTarget.com
Barbara Seaman: Muckraker for Women's Health
“It made me feel better when she grew up to be so smart”
Barbara Seaman has made a career out of investigating the health hazards of hormonal medicine. via Women's eNews
Jury finds in favor of Little Rock woman in hormone lawsuit
A jury has ruled in favor of a Little Rock woman who accused Wyeth Pharmaceuticals of negligence when she got breast cancer after taking the company's hormone replacement therapy. via Log Cabin Democrat
Something Endocrinologists Don't Want You To Know
Why are endocrinologists so opposed to bio-identical hormone compounding, and supporting drugmaker Wyeth's efforts to get compounded drugs banned? Big money donations from Wyeth to endocrinology groups like the ... via About.com