| Black Cohosh Fails to Relieve Menopausal Symptoms
TUESDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The popular herbal supplement black cohosh is no better than a placebo at relieving hot flashes and night sweats in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. That finding from a major study may come as bad news to American women who have been looking for ways to ease menopausal symptoms ever since 2002 research linked hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to a higher risk for breast cancer. .
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Yoga By Design: LivingWell Cancer Resource Center offers Yoga-by-Design classes free of charge from 5:45 to 7 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays for breast cancer patients, 1803 W. State St., Geneva. The class focuses on gentle stretching, relaxation and breathing designed to help breast cancer patients with the stress, fatigue and symptom management that are often associated with the disease. Doctor's release required to participate in the program. Call (630) 262-1111. Friday Free Health Screenings: Free health screenings are given from 9 to 11 a.m. every Friday at Geneva Place on the Fox River, 27 N. Bennett St., Geneva by Provena Mercy Medical Center. Screenings include blood pressure, blood glucose (requires 8 hours fasting) and diabetes risk assessment. Call (630) 232-7733. Saturday Women's Aerobic Group: Women are invited to this exercise group at 6 p.m.
Breast Cancer Decline Tied to Decrease in HRT: Menopause & Living ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A stunning seven percent drop in breast cancer rates has been primarily attributed to fewer women using hormone therapy as reported in a recent analysis by researchers from the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Lil' Drug Store Consumer Products anticipates that as a result, more women will be forgoing hormones and looking for other options to alleviate menopausal symptoms. Many will be relieved to learn that it is possible to manage the exasperating effects of menopause; including, hot flashes, feminine dryness, night sweats, sleeplessness, and irritability, without hormones. Here are some tips to help women live well with non-hormonal solutions for five of the most common menopause symptoms: 1) Hot Flashes More than two-thirds of women experience a flushing of the face and neck with the sensation of being hot, commonly called a "hot flash." Simple lifestyle changes may help to alleviate hot flashes, including proper diet and exercise.
Breast Cancer Decline Tied to Decrease in HRT: Menopause & Living Well With Non-Hormonal Solutions
A stunning seven percent drop in breast cancer rates has been primarily attributed to fewer women using hormone therapy as reported in a recent analysis by researchers from the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Lil' Drug Store Consumer Products anticipates that as a result, more women will be forgoing hormones and looking for other options to alleviate menopausal symptoms. Many will be relieved to learn that it is possible to manage the exasperating effects of menopause; including, hot flashes, feminine dryness, night sweats, sleeplessness, and irritability, without hormones. Here are some tips to help women live well with non-hormonal solutions for five of the most common menopause symptoms: The new M. D. Anderson Cancer Center analysis further solidifies the results of the federal Women's Health Initiative study linking HRT to breast cancer and other life threatening illnesses such as heart disease.
Experimental Drug Tykerb Fights Inflammatory Breast Cancer
A once-a-day pill shows promise for the treatment of inflammatory breast cancer, a rare but often deadly form of the disease. Reporting at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, researchers say the experimental drug, Tykerb, halted the growth of inflammatory breast cancer. If the findings can be repeated in larger studies, the experimental cancer drug may offer a new targeted approach to fighting highly deadly breast tumors, says Eric Winer, MD, head of breast cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and moderator of the session at which the research was presented. Assessing Treatments for Breast Cancer Symptoms of Inflammatory Breast Cancer While it represents only about 1 percent of breast cancer diagnosed in the U.S., inflammatory breast cancer is extremely aggressive, says researcher Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, associate professor in the department of breast medical oncology at the University of Texas M.D.
Significant Drop Seen In Breast Cancer Rate
When a huge study warned that hormone pills lead to a higher risk of breast cancer, millions of women stopped taking them. And today there's a sign they might have made the right decision. Experts said that a year after that report, breast cancer rates in the U.S. dropped more than 7 percent.
They pointed to a new analysis of federal cancer statistics for 2003. The findings are being presented at a breast cancer conference in Texas. About 200,000 cases of breast cancer had been expected in 2003; the drop means that about 14,000 fewer women actually were diagnosed with the disease. Hormone replacement drugs were commonly prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause. But drug company Wyatt, which made two of those drugs, faces more than 4,000 lawsuits over them.
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