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Hot (News) Flash - What About This Flax Seed Study?

Funny thing about headlines, they take a snippet out of context and turn it into an attention-grabbing conclusion. Unfortunately we are so overloaded with information, few of us have time to read any further.   What we've seen lately is that "Flaxseed Doesn't Help Hot Flashes." What we don't see is that the study focused on drug-induced hot... Read moreChevron
posted 06/07/2011, comments (9)|
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HRT for Menopause and the Health Risks: Just How Safe?

A new study in last Wednesday's New England Journal of Medicine offers both good and bad news to women suffering from the effects of menopause.   First, the bad news. New evidence from the massive Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, completed in 2002, indicates that women double their risk of breast cancer when they take Prempro (a... Read moreChevron
posted 02/09/2009, comments (7)|
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Get a Good Night Sleep

After I was into breast cancer treatments, I was thrown into menopause. So involved with this life threatening  disease, I was oblivious of the side effects of menopause until they hit me all at once. The night sweats were the worst. I was not getting any sleep, so I felt even worse and my diminished coping skills were compromised even more.... Read moreChevron
posted 10/16/2008, comment (1)|
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Zoladex and Lupron FAQs: Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer

Q. I’ve been diagnosed with ER-receptive breast cancer, and once I finish chemo my doctor is considering two hormone drugs: tamoxifen, and Zoladex. I know all about tamoxifen, but what’s Zoladex?    A. Zoladex (goserelin) and Lupron (leuprolide) are both drugs that prevent your brain from sending signals to your ovaries... Read moreChevron
posted 07/02/2008, comments (0)|
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After the Hair Loss, Early Menopause: Finally Something Exciting While Living with Cancer

  Hi everyone!  So I'm sure a lot of you are dealing with your hair falling out from chemo. And if you're like me, and cancer treatment pushed you into early menopause (I'm in my late 20s), then you absolutely understand the agony of hot flashes and being hot all the time.  This time that I have been away, I have been trying to... Read moreChevron
posted 05/27/2008, comments (31)|
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