Menopause News

Recent media attention has increased interest in bioidentical hormones for the treatment of menopause symptoms.

Share + Dec 4, 2009 5:48 pm US/Eastern Reporting Mallika Marshall, MD Most women diagnosed with ovarian cancer undergo a hysterectomy, with removal of the uterus and both ovaries.

Main Category: Menopause Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Endocrinology Article Date: 29 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST The Swedish biotech company Karo Bio announced that Merck & Co., Inc., through an affiliate, plans to enter a clinical phase IIa trial with the collaboration's lead investigational drug ...

For some women, taking hormone replacement therapy is not an ideal solution for dealing with menopause symptoms.

Zaheera was in the final year of college and her parents had started hunting for a groom.

HOW wonderful is nature, and equally wondrous nature's ability to nurture and to cure.

Main Category: Bones / Orthopaedics Also Included In: Genetics ; Biology / Biochemistry ; Menopause Article Date: 27 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST The so-called RANK protein and the molecule that binds to it, the RANK ligand or RANKL, form a focus of the work of Josef Penninger, director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna.

Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths in the uterus that can cause symptoms, depending on their size, number and location.

Some have called it the new wonder food, but many home cooks hoping to easily add nutrients to meals have simply called it a wonderful relief.

Alternative Hormone Therapy Hormone replacement therapy is prescribed by many doctors to relieve the symptoms of menopause.

A Richmond Indiana family is taking Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to court. The family says the menopause drug, Prempro gave their mother breast cancer which then led to her death in 2005.

Two Pfizer Inc. units' hormone- replacement therapy drugs caused an Illinois woman's breast cancer, making them liable for at least $6.3 million in damages, a Philadelphia jury ruled today.

"Pfizer Units' Damages for Menopause Drugs Exceed $165 Million": Bloomberg News has a report that begins, "Two Pfizer Inc.

Menopause is the butt of many jokes but symptoms such as hot flashes are very uncomfortable and really not a joking matter for the women who suffer through them.

A 37-year-old woman diagnosed with premature menopause had a baby boy earlier this month from an egg grown through the administration of a hormonal agent, her doctors said Saturday.

Menopause, and more specifically, hormone replacement is an important subject for all women and the men who love them.

Know the risks and options. Content courtesy of National Women's Health Network November 19, 2009 Osteoporosis is a disease, more common in women, that causes bones to become fragile and more susceptible to breaking.

After reading the criticism of her book on cancer cures, including comments from readers on her story in the Daily Beast, Suzanne Somers takes on her detractors, doctor by doctor.

The Acne/Hormonal Imbalance Relationship Hormones are chemical messengers that regulate body function which circulate in the bloodstream.

Some women can trust their menstrual cycles to arrive each month like clockwork.