Estrogen Therapy Risks Links

Hormone Therapy Doesn't Raise Heart Risk in Study (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Women taking hormone replacements didn't have a higher risk of heart attacks as long as they avoided daily doses of both estrogen and progesterone, according to a study of a range of treatments used by almost 700,000 women.

Get the facts you need to lower your breast cancer risk (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

There’s a new movement in breast cancer, and the focus is on survivorship. "Our detection tools have gotten so good that many cases are being caught in the most treatable stages, so the survival rate is very high," says Dr. Maura Dickler, assistant professor of medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. That’s big news, and it’s partly thanks to the fact that experts ...

Breast Cancer Cover-Up Featured in Two You Tube Videos (Christian News Wire)

MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 2 / Christian Newswire / -- During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer encourages women to send cancer groups the links to two You Tube videos that expose the cover-up of two breast cancer risks - abortion and hormonal contraceptives (containing estrogen and progestin).

Combining hormone drugs raised risk, study indicates (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Women taking hormone replacements did not have a higher risk of heart attacks as long as they avoided daily doses of both estrogen and progesterone, according to a study of a range of treatments used by almost 700,000 women.

Timing, Dosage of HRT Affect Chances of Heart Trouble (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The largest observational study of hormone replacement therapy since the landmark Women's Health Initiative finds that how and when women take hormone replacement therapy affects their heart attack risk.