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	Scientists Question Hormone Therapies for Menopause
		While hormone therapy is the most effective way to relieve menopausal symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats, there is not enough scientific evidence to support its use for the other problems, says the report, which is to be published in June.
		At that time, she said, "I thought preventive hormone therapy should probably be prescribed to most postmenopausal women, except those at high risk for breast cancer," and incorporated that view into the guidelines.
		Hormone replacement therapy has had 40 years to show that it does very little for all menopause related conditions.
	www.healingedge.net /store/page232.html (1558 words)

	YouthTek Longevity Institute \| anti-aging hormone replacement therapies
		Human growth hormone, which is secreted by the pituitary gland in the brain, is also responsible for re-growth and healing, decreased body fat and cholesterol, higher energy level and enhanced sexual performance.
		In addition, human growth hormone affects the liver, kidneys, spleen, skin and bone, and is protective against atrophy by causing re-growth of tissue.
		Until recently, the supply of growth hormone was scarce because it had to be obtained from the pituitary gland of cadavers.
	www.youthtek.com /human_growth_hormone.html (746 words)

	Chapter 4, Other Experiential Approaches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH), one of several hormones produced in a part of the brain known as the pituitary gland, is also referred to as the growth hormone because it is involved in regulating growth and a variety of other processes in a normally growing child.
		Proponents of these therapies suggest that a subset of children with autism have abnormalities of their immune systems and state that for these individuals immunologic therapy may be useful as a treatment for autism.
		The use of anti-fungal therapies for autism is based on a theory that manifestations of autism in some children are either caused or aggravated by an overgrowth of yeast in the intestinal tract.
	www.health.state.ny.us /community/infants_children/early_intervention/autism/ch4_pt5.htm (4168 words)

	Hormone Replacement Therapies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Due to the now well-known knowledge of the serious hormone replacement therapy side effects, post-menopausal women everywhere are wondering what hormone replacement therapy alternatives are available to treat their menopausal side effects.
		For the six million American women that were using hormone replacement therapy at the time of the study's release, the doctors and medical groups were not prepared for the number of questions and concerned patients that unfolded because of the unanticipated event.
		Hormone replacement therapy had become such a common prescription that every year 70 million prescriptions were written for hormone replacement therapy that doctors encouraged almost every woman that had not had a hysterectomy to use when beginning menopause.
	www.seernnadivad.net /HRT.htm (1291 words)

	ABC News: Some Hormone Replacement Therapy Has Value (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Combined hormone therapy should not be used for prevention of cardiovascular disease, due to the small but significant increased risk of breast cancer, heart attack, stroke or blood clots.
		Estrogen-alone therapy, used for women who have had a hysterectomy, should also not be used for prevention of diseases, due to increased risks of blood clots and stroke.
		Hormone therapies are appropriate for the relief of vasomotor symptoms — such as hot flashes and night sweats — as long as a woman has discussed the risks and benefits with her doctor.
	abcnews.go.com /Health/Healthology/story?id=304095 (901 words)

	Health & Wellness - Menopause & Hormone Replacement Therapies
		A field of medicine known as Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has been developed to address these concerns and to help prevent diseases that are of an increased risk during this time, such as hormone related cancers, heart disease and osteoporosis.
		When the imbalance occurs, it usually is related to a deficiency of estrogen or progesterone, a competition for these hormones at the receptor site, or problems in the elimination of the hormones.
		It is important to consider that the least invasive strategy of hormone replacement is the safest manner to approach the transition.
	www.risingwomen.com /arcjimenez4.htm (986 words)

	Caring Medical - Therapies - Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy for Men and Women
		Hormones are messengers that coordinate the various biochemical activities that occur in all the cells of our bodies.
		Declining hormone levels during aging is one of the reasons why people become overweight, lose muscle mass, and become fatigued as they age.
		Improving hormone levels increases vibrancy, energy, and zest for life, and also helps in the prevention of diseases of aging such as osteoporosis, cancer, and heart disease.
	caringmedical.com /therapies/nathormonereplace.asp (742 words)

	Pharmaceutical companies spent millions marketing questionable hormone therapies
		Pharmaceutical companies slashed promotional spending for hormone therapies by more than a third following reports in July 2002 of health risks associated with the drugs, but within the year they beefed up their marketing efforts to promote lower-dose forms of the medications, according to researchers at the School of Medicine.
		Stafford and his colleagues felt the hormone therapy episode offered a unique opportunity to examine the reaction of the pharmaceutical industry to evidence that a drug did more harm than good.
		Stafford noted that prior to July 2002, hormone therapies were the 10th most heavily promoted class of medications and accounted for promotional expenditures of more than $300 million per year.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2004/october27/med-hormones-1027.html (876 words)

	Hormone therapy feared overused - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - March 24, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although hormone therapy can be effective for women with severe menopause symptoms that diminish the quality of life, the treatments may have serious side effects that women should consider carefully before deciding on therapy, the panel said.
		For years, hormone replacement therapy was offered as an effective treatment for such symptoms as hot flashes and night sweats.
		Use of hormones plummeted after 2002, when a major study found hormone therapy slightly increased users' risks of heart attack, stroke and breast cancer.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20050323-110635-6369r.htm (444 words)

	Compounding pharmacies tailor hormone replacement therapies
		Because estrogen therapy can increase the risk of uterine cancer, doctors often prescribe progestin to be given a few days each month to protect the uterus.
		Through research she learned that compounding pharmacies used plant hormones that are biologically identical to those found in a woman's body.
		Plant hormones start out structurally similar to five basic human sex hormones -- estrone, estradiol, estriol, progesterone and testosterone -- and are manipulated in laboratories to be identical to those found in humans.
	www.post-gazette.com /healthscience/20020528hhrt0528p2.asp (1261 words)

	Hormone therapy treatment for breast cancer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hormonal therapies may be used in addition to surgery and radiotherapy for treating your breast cancer.
		Hormonal therapies can also be used in addition to chemotherapy.
		Hormonal therapies are called systemic treatments because they work on the whole body to control cancer.
	www.breasthealth.com.au /treatment/hormonetherapy.html (141 words)

	Alternative Therapies for Managing Menopausal Symptoms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Deciding whether to use hormone therapy (HT) after menopause is a difficult decision many women face as they age.
		The clinical trials were designed to test the effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy on heart disease, bone fractures, and breast and colorectal cancers.
		Both of the postmenopausal hormone therapies tested in the studies demonstrated some benefits, including a decrease in the risk of hip fracture.
	nccam.nih.gov /health/alerts/menopause (712 words)

	www.drlowe.com---Introduction: Critique of T4- vs T4/T3-Replacement Studies
		Clinical practice guidelines define replacement therapy as: adjustment of a patient’s thyroid hormone dosage so that his or her TSH and thyroid hormone levels remain within current laboratory reference ranges.
		Alternate thyroid hormone therapies are already in demand and in widespread use by hypothyroid patients for whom T4-replacement is ineffective.
		The specialty has argued that T4-replacement therapy is superior to other approaches to thyroid hormone therapy because it enables patients’ TSH and thyroid hormone levels to remain stably within their reference ranges.
	www.drlowe.com /frf/t4replacement/critique1.htm (3197 words)

	Some Hormone Replacement Therapies May Increase Risk of Ovarian Cancer
		Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is typically prescribed for women during menopause.
		HRT includes estrogen and may be combined with progestins, a female hormone that, among other roles, induces shedding of the uterine lining during menstruation.
		Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer in Swedish women.
	patient.cancerconsultants.com /screening_news.aspx?id=18425 (577 words)

	Hormone Therapies with Dr. Alvin Pettle
		Since there was no competition for the hormone replacement therapy plus the fact that the Premarin had a tremendous amount of money invested in it and a tremendous amount of advertising, the company flooded the market with this wonderful new drug to keep women young forever.
		In fact, estriol is the hormone of pregnancy produced by the adrenals during pregnancy and we now know that the sooner the patient has a pregnancy in her life, the less likely she is to have breast cancer.
		While we are discussing hormones, let me point out emphatically that natural bio-identical estrogen and natural bio-identical progesterone are not the only hormones that have to be considered in a menopausal patient.
	drpettle.com /hormones1.htm (3709 words)

	Herbal Usage for Hormone Replacement Therapies
		One of the weaknesses of the trial was that the doses of hormone therapy varied, so it was impossible to ascertain which dose, or which combination of hormones poses the greatest risk for patients.
		In another report of the results of the Women's Health Initiative it was found that hormone therapy nearly doubles a woman's risk of having a heart attack during her first year of treatment.
		With the news that hormone replacement therapy carries a slightly higher risk for women to develop heart disease, breast cancer and strokes many women and their physicians are looking to herbal usage for safe products that at the same time can help with the problem.
	www.therubins.com /health/hrt7.htm (3195 words)

	FDA Launches Collaborative Campaign to Inform Women About Menopausal Hormone Therapy
		"Postmenopausal hormone therapy is a major, personal decision for women, and they should be armed with the latest key facts and useful tools to make the best decision for their needs.
		Our recommendation is that if you choose to use hormone therapy for hot flashes or vaginal dryness, or if you prefer it to other treatments to prevent thin bones, take the lowest dose for the least duration required to provide relief," said Dr. McClellan.
		FDA has also modified the approved indications of these menopausal hormone therapies (estrogen and progestin hormone products) to clarify that these drugs should be used only when the benefits clearly outweigh risks.
	www.fda.gov /bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00938.html (680 words)

	FDA Approves Prescribing Information for Postmenopausal Hormone Therapies
		Postmenopausal HT is the only therapy proven both to relieve menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes, night sweats, and the dryness associated with vaginal atrophy, and to prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis.
		The decision to use hormone therapy should always be made on an individual basis after careful consideration of treatment goals, a woman's medical history, and all the known risks and benefits of hormone therapy.
		Premarin is approved for the treatment of moderate to severe hot flashes and night sweats associated with menopause, the treatment of moderate to severe vaginal dryness, and the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
	www.docguide.com /dg.nsf/PrintPrint/9701DACA0BB4885F85256CA800638BDF (930 words)

	Women's Health Initiative - Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Taking hormone therapy to relieve the symptoms of menopause is one of the most important health decisions a woman in mid-life can make.
		Hormone therapy is a treatment with drugs that contain estrogen alone or the combination of estrogen plus progestin.
		Hormone therapy may be a way to get over the symptoms of menopause if taken for only a short time and in the smallest amount.
	www.womenshealth.gov /menopause/news.htm (756 words)

	Saliva hormone test to measure sex steroid hormone levels, monitor hormone replacement therapy - Aeron LifeCycles
		Doctors and patients want to know hormone levels before making the important decision to prescribe hormones and increasingly are monitoring hormone levels after therapy.
		There is an information explosion on the role hormones and hormone replacement therapies play in disease prevention and risk.
		Salivary hormone monitoring is a simple, non-invasive, accurate tool to aid consumers through this web of hormone choices.
	www.aeron.com (243 words)

	Med Ad News
		The market value of hormone therapies was reduced by more than $800 million in 2003, following concerns about an increased risk of stroke and cancer associated with oral hormone therapies.
		Marketers of transdermal therapies have seen increases in market share, and analysts say losses from the oral component of the hormone therapy market may be offset by transdermal therapies.
		The study results found that hormone replacement therapy reduced the risk of osteoporotic fractures and colon cancer but increased the risk of heart disease, stroke, breast cancer, and blood clots, with overall risks outweighing the benefits.
	www.pharmalive.com /magazines/medad/view.cfm?articleID=2254 (329 words)

	Longevity: Essential Concepts -Taking the LONG View
		A widely-known therapy against lipofuscin (waste build-up in the cell) is large doses of an enzymic cofactor called ubiquinone, or CoQ10.
		Hormone therapies partially reverse some of the effects of aging.
		Growth hormone supplementation reverses many of the hormonal effects of aging, including sexual hormones, and losses of muscle and immune function.
	longevity.essential-facts.com (3551 words)

	Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		H. To provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs.
		To provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs.
		Coverage of menopausal hormone replacement therapy and alternative treatments for menopausal hormone replacement therapy under group health plans and individual health insurance coverage.
	www.theorator.com /bills109/hr1410.html (1940 words)

	Risks and Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapies
		A major issue surrounding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is the influence of estrogen on breast cancer.
		However, for some women, the side effects of therapy make it impossible to use.
		This is a personal decision to be made by each woman with help from her doctor.
	healthlink.mcw.edu /article/954372044.html (421 words)

	HON - News : Hormone Therapies Offer Breakthrough Against Some Cancers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Both prostate and breast tissue grow in response to contact with sex hormones -- testosterone in the case of the prostate and estrogen in the case of the breast.
		Taken together, the studies found initial hormone treatments were significantly more effective than waiting to start the treatments until signs of advanced disease appeared.
		Thanks to the advent of hormone-suppressing therapies, Peto says, by 2010 death rates from breast and prostate cancer will be about half what they otherwise would have been.
	www.hon.ch /News/HSN/515212.html (879 words)

	Rednova NEWS \| New Hormone Therapies May Be As Risky As Traditional (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CHICAGO - Menopausal women, scared off traditional hormone therapy by studies showing the pills cause breast cancer and heart disease, are seizing on another approach: "bioidentical" hormones.
		And many converts believe these hormones are safe because they have the same molecular structure as the hormones their bodies produce.
		Bioidentical hormones tend to be made up by pharmacists according to a doctor's prescription, which makes women feel that the dose is tailored to fit their individual needs.
	www.rednova.com /modules/news/tools.php?tool=print&id=114518 (964 words)

	What is hormone therapy?
		How and when you have hormone therapy will depend on the grade and stage of your cancer.
		If your cancer is potentially curable, you may be given a course of hormone therapy for a few months before radical radiotherapy.
		Because this is also hormone therapy, that makes it difficult to pick up a difference between the two groups.
	www.cancerhelp.org.uk /help/default.asp?page=2910 (1581 words)

	CHP/PCOR News - Drug firms spend millions marketing hormone therapies despite risks, study finds
		Pharmaceutical companies slashed their promotional spending for hormone therapies by more than a third following reports in July 2002 of health risks associated with the drugs, but within the year they beefed up their marketing efforts to promote lower-dose forms of the medications, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
		The researchers say their study, which appears in the Oct. 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that promotional spending for postmenopausal hormone therapies dropped by 37 percent, correlating with previous Stanford research that found prescriptions for the drugs decreased by 38 percent during a similar time span.
		The researchers found that in the quarter before the WHI results were reported, promotional spending was estimated at $71 million or the annual equivalent of about $350 per practicing physician in the United States.
	chppcor.stanford.edu /news/357 (898 words)

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