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Fitness > Estrogen
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Estrogen Defined
A female sex hormone. For example, in men excess testosterone is converted to estrogen sometimes leading to gynecomastia (breast development).
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Amy Tan teams with noted composer to turn the novel into an opera
Published September 7, 2008, 12:16 am, Contra Costa Times
The Stewart Wallace work will receive its world premiere at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House
Nine Sex Drive Killers
Published September 6, 2008, 10:10 pm, ThirdAge
If you're experiencing a decrease in libido, you are not alone. For most people, sex drive is like a roller coaster -- one minute it's up, the next, it's down. A drop or decrease in sex drive is usually caused by changes in lifestyle or is a side effect of taking certain medication.
Why Men Die Sooner
Published September 5, 2008, 1:00 pm, CBS News
WebMD explains "Why Men Die First," based on the book by Marianne Legato. Learn what factors lead to the typically shorter life expectancy in men than women.
Take charge of your breast health: the facts you need to know and a plan of action
Published September 5, 2008, 9:37 am, The San Luis Obispo Tribune
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 ...
Take charge of your breast health: the facts you need to know and a plan of action
Published September 5, 2008, 9:36 am, Miami Herald
There's a new movement in breast cancer, and the focus is on survivorship.
Healthier lifestyles let women live longer
Published September 5, 2008, 4:32 am, The Daily Free Press
From the jungle gym to geriatric ward, the maxim "girls rule, boys drool" has basis in scientific fact, a BU researcher suggests, as women tend to carry better genes and maintain healthier life habits than men.
Dudes in Guyland
Published September 4, 2008, 10:27 pm, New York Times
Is there nothing more to life than watching football, getting drunk and getting laid? Of course there is. There’s literature, which is good for quoting when sex is the objective. There’s art, which can advertise your sophistication, improving your chances when it comes to sex.
Kimberly Garrison: Preventing travel DVT: A step in right direction
Published September 4, 2008, 12:41 am, Philadelphia Daily News
THIS TIME last year, 24-year-old Randy Weinberg's life took a dramatic turn. She was giddy with excitement as she ended a month-long dream vacation in Italy. She also was exhausted from all the travel, so she slept for most of the 10-hour flight back to Philly International.
Poll Finds Women Who Are Close to Someone With Breast Cancer Have Greater Sense of Risk
Published September 3, 2008, 8:28 am, Newswise
Women whose lives have been touched by the breast cancer experience of a friend or relative are more acutely attuned to their own risk for the disease and are taking action to protect themselves, according to a new national opinion poll by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Prevention magazine.
Media Advisory: Unauthorized Health Products Found on the Canadian Market
Published September 3, 2008, 8:12 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
Health Canada is advising consumers not to use any unauthorized health products sold under the brand names Life Choice, Healthy Choice, Doctor's Choice and Your Choice as well as the products without a brand name included in the table below. All of these unauthorized health products have the same identifying image on their label.
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Sat Sep 6
- Estrogen: Not Just for Females - MSN Health
- 1 step back ... 2 steps forward: "Given what we know about the ineffectivenes s of sorafenib alone in metastatic breast cancer, we believe the benefit that we're seeing may be attributable to the restoration of sensitivity to aromatase inhibitors,&qu ot; Isaacs concludes. "To manage breast cancer long term, it's apparent that we may need to continually switch drugs to keep up with how a cancer evolves and evades each approach. In a sense, for each step back, we hope to take two steps forward." ### This study was funded by the Avon Patient for Progress Award. Isaacs is part of a speaker's bureau for Pfizer the maker of Exemestane, an aromatase inhibitor.
- Estrogen: Not Just for Females - MSN Health & Fitness - Men's Health
- Soy Linked to Low Sperm Count - MSN Health & Fitness - Nutrition
Fri Aug 29
- Determining the effects of hormone therapy on memory... - Karyn Frick et les autres: Karyn Frick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology The national Women?s Health Initiative study suggested that treatment with estrogen and progestin significantly increases the risk of cognitive decline and dementia in menopausal women. Those data sharply contrast with studies in women and rodents that have demonstrated a clear ability of estrogen to alleviate age- and hormone-relate d memory loss. Dr. Frick?s study is designed to determine the effects of estrogen and progesterone on memory.
Wed Aug 27
- Health . Medical and Beauty: What is Turner Syndrome?: Turner syndrome is a disorder caused by a partially or completely missing X chromosome. It is a condition that only affects females
Sun Aug 24
- Migraines and Hormones - A Natural Approach by Nicole Bandes
- Symptoms of menopause: hot flushes
- Hormone modulation: a novel therapeutic approach for women with severe mental illness [Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2008 Jan;42(1):83-8 .]: Three case reports are presented: in each case the woman selected had participated in large, double-blind, randomized controlled trials exploring hormone modulation. Case study 1 presents a premenopausal woman with schizophrenia, who received an 8 week trial of daily adjunctive 200 µg transdermal oestradiol. Case study 2 presents a postmenopausal woman with schizophrenia on a 12 week trial of adjunctive raloxifene hydrochloride 120 mg per day-1. Case study 3 presents a woman with schizoaffectiv e disorder, in the manic phase, who received tamoxifen 40 mg per day-1 for 28 days.
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