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What Is Good For Hot Flashes?
Hot flashes may be a good sign for breast cancer survivors who took the med tamoxifen, researchers say. In a five-year study of women who had taken the drug, those who reported having hot flashes were less likely to experience a breast cancer recurrence than women who did not have them.
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Coping with Hot Flashes
Perhaps your first hint that you're approaching, or in, menopause is the hot flashes you get: feelings of intense heat all over your skin,... Read more »
Black Cohosh for Hot Flashes: Miracle Herb or Hogwash... Hard to Know
Does black cohosh work? Most women who are approaching menopause or who are in it have heard friends talk about black cohosh, an herbal... Read more »
Meditation: A Free and Easy Way to Possibly Ease Hot Flashes
My female friends who are around my age have been wondering how to stop hot flashes. I’ve shared Amy Hendel’s column with them, but... Read more »
Will Soy Consumption Help My Hot Flashes?
In the past experts have suggested that women who suffer from mild to moderate hot flashes and night sweats try eating up to 25 grams of... Read more »
Soy for Hot Flashes? Read This First
Do you take an aromatase inhibitor (Femara, Arimidex, Aromasin) to prevent breast cancer recurrence? Do you also take one of those... Read more »
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All About Hot Flashes
Source: Breastcancer.org
If you've had one, there's no mistaking it: the sudden, intense, hot feeling on your face and upper body, perhaps preceded or accompanied by a rapid... Read more »
St. John's Wort May Ease Hot Flashes
A small study at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran has found that the herbal remedy St. John's wort may ease menopausal hot flashes.... Read more »
Fertility drug may ease hot flashes
The fertility drug Cetrotide appears to reduce hot flashes in postmenopausal women, researchers in the Netherlands say. Cetrorelix blocks the brain... Read more »
Antidepressant Celexa May Ease Hot Flashes
A new study has found that the antidepressant Celexa (citalopram) can reduce the severity of hot flashes, at least in the short term. Other studies... Read more »
Study: Soy's Effect on Hot Flashes 'Inconclusive'
After reviewing 19 published studies, researchers say there is not enough evidence to prove that soy is effective at fighting hot flashes. Soy... Read more »
6 Tips for Managing Hot Flashes
Using Hormone Therapy If your hot flashes seem almost unbearable, then it may be worth it to discuss the pros and cons of hormone therapy (HT) with your doctor. Estrogen and progestin are taken in pill form to boost their diminshing presence in...
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