Meat is good! Well, it’s not all bad anyway. There are several things that have been linked to breast cancer in postmenopausal women like smoking e.t.c. Well, now it looks like eating meat is not one of them. Meat produces chemicals called “meat mutagens”, which are thought to cause changes in the DNA in cells. [...]
Breast cancer survivors often have problems when it comes to managing menopause symptoms. Use of hormonal therapy may lead to a relapse of the cancer. In addition, some of the medication used to treat breast cancer can themselves worsen menopause symptoms. According to a recent US study, breast cancer survivors can find relief from menopause [...]
Are you using synthetic hormone replacement therapy to relieve menopause symptoms? You may be worried by some of the bad news you’ve been hearing about the risks involved. On the other hand you may be asking yourself how you’re going to survive without HRT. Well you don’t have to. You can opt for bioidentical hormone [...]
Post-menopausal women on hormone replacement are usually advised to stop taking their hormone therapy for 1-2 months before they have a mammogram to screen for breast cancer based on research that suggested that this would improve the quality of the mammogram. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) makes the breast tissue appear more dense (thicker) so that [...]
Conventional hormone therapy using progesterone and estrogen have been used by menopausal women for decades to relieve menopause symptoms, hormone pills being the most popular. After the results of the WHI (Women’s Health Initiative) study which showed an increased risk of developing certain disorders with HRT use, women came off the hormones in droves. Although [...]
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