Q I’m writing for advice on the osteoporosis bisphosphonate drug alendronic acid (Fosamax). A recent scan showed that my bone has decreased since last year. Both the spine and hip are low.
A large scale study of all former trials of breast cancer risks with hormone replacement therapy shows a definite link between a risk of cancer and length of use. At the same time two cautionary ...
Ortho-Dienestrol cream is often prescribed to menopausal women to treat thinning of the vaginal wall or vaginal dryness. Its popularity, to some degree, is due to the fact that doctors see it as b ...
Britain not normally renowned for its stringent environmental controls is the first country in the world to establish a standard for levels of the pollutant benzene, following the recent publicati ...
Menopausal women are being prescribed hormone replacement therapy by their doctors with inadequate consultation or discussion, according to a survey. ...
HRT diehards continue to effuse over the long-term benefits of HRT, but the latest evidence shows that long-term hormones offer a greater risk of dying early from cancer or stroke. As little as 10 years ago, it was considered heresy to criticise the...
Bone mass levels may be another indicator to determine a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, researchers have discovered. ...
The benefits of hormone replacement therapy could be cancelled out by their risks, according to an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine. ...
HRT has been sold to women as a miraculous cure for the diseases of old age. ...
Assumptions about the protective effect of oestrogen may have been overstated. New information, while far from conclusive, suggests that postmenopausal women with higher levels of circulating end ...