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American Family Physician July 1, 2002 Vincent Morelli |
Alternative Therapies for Traditional Disease States: Menopause For most women, menopause is a normal phase of life that does not require medical intervention. However, some perimenopausal women seek treatment for vasomotor symptoms, while postmenopausal women may need treatment that can reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. |
American Family Physician February 1, 2006 |
Nonhormonal Options for Hot Flashes A patient hand-out: What is a hot flash?... What can I do about hot flashes?... Antidepressants (SSRIs)... Prescription medicines... etc. |
American Journal of Nursing June 2012 Karen Roush |
Managing Menopausal Symptoms This article reviews the literature on causes and treatments of peri- and postmenopausal symptoms. |
American Family Physician July 1, 2003 Benjamin Kligler |
Black Cohosh Studies have demonstrated that this botanic medicine, when standardized properly to the terpene glycoside fraction, appears to be effective in alleviating menopausal symptoms. Adverse effects are extremely uncommon, and there are no known significant adverse drug interactions. |
American Journal of Nursing June 2011 Karen Roush |
Menopausal Hormone Therapy: What We Know Now This article describes the findings and limitations of the major research thus far on hormone therapy. |
Nurse Practitioner July 2011 Kass-Wolff & Fisher |
Menopause and the Hormone Controversy: Clarification or Confusion? Hormone therapy in perimenopause and menopause remains a controversial and often confusing management strategy for healthcare providers. To assist in providing women quality healthcare, recently published new guidelines help provide direction for NPs. |
American Family Physician January 1, 2006 MODI Lowder |
Medications for Migraine Prophylaxis Sufficient evidence and consensus exist to recommend propranolol, timolol, amitriptyline, divalproex, sodium valproate, and topiramate as first-line agents for migraine prevention. |
American Family Physician December 15, 2006 Epstein et al. |
Newer Agents for the Management of Overactive Bladder The availability of three newer anticholinergic drugs increases the pharmacologic armamentarium for the treatment of overactive bladder. Caution is required with each of these agents, particularly in patients with contraindications to anticholinergic therapy. |
American Family Physician April 15, 2003 Dickerson et al. |
Premenstrual Syndrome Premenstrual syndrome, a common cyclic disorder of young and middle-aged women, is characterized by emotional and physical symptoms that consistently occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. |
American Family Physician August 1, 2003 Stone et al. |
Off-Label Applications for SSRIs Clinical experience supported by ongoing research continues to expand on the broad array of therapeutic applications for this class of medication. |
American Family Physician December 1, 2000 Sharon Scott Morey |
Guidelines on Migraine Recommendations for Specific Prophylactic Drugs... |
American Family Physician January 15, 2003 Ables & Baughman |
Antidepressants: Update on New Agents and Indications Many antidepressants have been released in the United States over the past two decades. This article is an update of information about the newer agents for depression and new indications for older antidepressants. |
American Family Physician December 1, 2000 Norman J. Montalto |
Updated Treatment for Influenza A and B The prevention of influenza is best accomplished with a broad-based immunization program... |
American Family Physician December 1, 2004 McConaghy & Smith |
Outpatient Treatment of Systolic Heart Failure Optimal outpatient treatment of systolic heart failure has three goals that should be pursued simultaneously: (1) control of risk factors for the development and progression of heart failure, (2) treatment of heart failure, and (3) education of patients. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2001 Jeannette E. South-Paul |
Osteoporosis: Part II. Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Treatment Family physicians will frequently encounter patients with osteoporosis, a condition that is often asymptomatic until a fracture occurs... |
American Family Physician December 1, 2000 William E. Chavey |
The Importance of Beta Blockers in the Treatment of Heart Failure Traditionally, beta blockers have been considered to be contraindicated in patients with heart failure. Recently, however, several large randomized, controlled mortality trials have been stopped early because of the effects of beta blockers... |
American Family Physician March 15, 2004 |
Use of Ultra-Low-Dose Estrogen to Prevent Bone Loss Estrogen therapy recently has been shown to increase the risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke, and deep venous thrombosis, but it also decreases the risk of hip fracture. |
Nursing March 2012 Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 2012: part I In this article, you'll learn about 11 recently approved drugs. |
Nursing February 2010 Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 2010, PART 1 In this article, you'll learn about 16 new drugs. |
Nursing February 2009 Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 09: Part 1 Learn about 10 new drugs, including nebivolol HCl, the newest beta-adrenergic blocking agent for hypertension. |
American Family Physician June 15, 2002 Jeffrey L. Cummings |
Guidelines for Managing Alzheimer's Disease: Part II. Treatment Once the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease has been made, a treatment plan must be developed. Patient symptoms and care needs change as Alzheimer's disease progresses. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Ouch, That's Gotta Hurt! Acupuncture beats Wyeth's Effexor in stopping hot flashes. |
Nursing June 2010 Daniel A. Hussar |
New drugs 2010, part 2 In this article, you'll learn about 14 recently marketed new drugs. |
Health August 24, 2009 Catherine Guthrie |
The Latest on Hormone Therapy for Women It's not often that a middle-aged former sitcom star is at the center of an important health debate. But Suzanne Somers's hormone therapy -- has put her in the limelight. |
American Family Physician August 15, 2000 Matthew Neff |
Conference Highlights Investigational Alzheimer's Drug Improves Memory... Indoor Allergens Are Closely Linked with Allergic Disease and Asthma... Paroxetine Is Effective Treatment For Anxiety in Patients with GAD... Treatment with Citalopram Prevents Recurrent Depressive Episodes... |
American Family Physician December 15, 2005 Janelle Guirguis-Blake |
Hormone Therapy for the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Postmenopausal Women The case study and answers to the following questions on hormone therapy for the prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women are based on the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). |
Food Processing June 2006 Shelke & Messina |
Menopause's Nutrition Equation Today, more than a third of the contemporary woman's life is in menopausal and post-menopausal phases. Not surprisingly, more functional foods are addressing major needs of women. |
American Family Physician December 15, 2004 Linda French |
Is Exercise an Effective Therapy for Menopausal Hot Flushes? Exercise does not decrease vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women. Women should be encouraged to exercise, but not with the expectation that it will alleviate their hot flushes. |
American Family Physician September 15, 2000 Vincent Morelli, M.D. & Roger J. Zoorob, M.D., M.P.H. |
Alternative Therapies: Part II. Congestive Heart Failure and Hypercholesterolemia Natural supplements are widely used by the American public but, while claims of their therapeutic effects abound, medical research does not always support their effectiveness... |
American Family Physician March 15, 2004 |
Breast Cancer Risk Related to Type of Hormone Therapy Although several studies have demonstrated an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women taking oral hormone therapy, the risk related to each of the various forms of therapy is less clear. |
Nutra Solutions September 1, 2005 |
Mood Food to Women's Health Moody Perceptions on Functional Foods... Women and Alternative Medicine Studies... |
Salon.com July 10, 2002 Trisha Posner |
Death by hormones It's been more than 50 years since studies first sounded the alarm about hormone replacement therapy. Women, silenced by shame, have been guinea pigs of the pharmaceutical industry for too long. |
Wired August 24, 2009 Steve Silberman |
Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. The fact that taking a faux drug can powerfully improve some people's health -- the so-called placebo effect -- has long been considered an embarrassment to the serious practice of pharmacology. |
AskMen.com September 30, 2000 Joshua Levine |
Male Breast Cancer Breast cancer is traditionally thought of as a female-related problem. Men, however, are as susceptible to the disease as women are. In many ways, the disease appears similarly in both sexes... |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Don't Let Dummy Pills Make You a Dummy Investor Instead of being scared that the sugar pill will perform better than expected, pharma investors should factor it in and require more information before investing in companies with drugs that may be affected by it.. |
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Lecia M. Apantaku |
Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening Statistics on breast cancer risk, symptoms and recommended tests. |
Science News March 24, 2001 Janet Raloff |
Soy slashes cancer-fostering hormones (with recipe) Asian women tend to have much lower breast-cancer rates than their Western counterparts--unless they move to Europe or North America. Then the cancer's incidence in these women begins to match local norms. This observation has suggested that the Eastern diet may have protective effects... |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2010 Luke Timmerman |
Arena Obesity Drug Effective by "Slim Margin"; Shares Tumble The market is reacting negatively to news about the company's weight-loss drug. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Beautiful Efficacy, Wrong Pill Lexicon Pharmaceuticals presented beautiful data showing a pill it gave rheumatoid arthritis patients decreased symptoms in 49% of patients. Unfortunately, the pill was a dummy pill with no active ingredient. |
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Catherine Arnst |
A Ton Of Prevention The pros and cons of two drugs that may halve your risk of breast cancer. |
Food Processing February 2008 Nancy Chapman |
Expert Opinion: Soy Update After examining a surge of negative soy reports, experts are finding they don't add up. |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2007 Mike Havrilla |
Xenoport Soothes Investors' Restless Hearts Shares surge on positive trial results of an experimental drug for restless legs. Investors, take note. |
Science News July 10, 2004 Janet Raloff |
Don't Expect Too Much of Soy Two large, new studies in European women now dampen hopes that substituting soy and other plant sources of estrogenic compounds for the now-shunned hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) will fill the bill. |
AskMen.com Sabrina Rogers |
Can Men Get Breat Cancer? Breast cancer isn't just a chick thing. Although it is about 100 times more common among women and is a rare cause of death in men, the American Cancer Society estimates that, in 2004, approximately 1,450 American men will be diagnosed with this disease. |
Food Processing February 2011 Mark Anthony |
Wellness Food Trends: Focus on Soy Is soy a genuine health miracle or a health hazard as the soy police would have us believe? |
American Family Physician September 15, 2004 Sarah Evans |
Quantum Sufficit - Just Enough A new Web site answers questions about bullying and offers suggestions for ways to prevent it.... Common ingredients in over-the-counter cough syrups are no better at suppressing nocturnal cough than placebo... Does good health lead you to have more sex... etc. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer. |
Science News November 9, 2002 Janet Raloff |
Young Women Don't Bone Up on Soy If soy's good for older women, it should similarly benefit women in their 20s -- fortifying their bodies' structural scaffolding during peak bone-building years. But recent research finds zero benefit for younger women. |
Reactive Reports Issue 53 David Bradley |
An Underarm Review A review of health effects of organometallic compounds suggests that aluminum compounds used in the manufacture of underarm antiperspirants may somehow be involved in an increased risk of breast cancer. |
The Motley Fool October 24, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Biotech Blunder Turned 20% Overnight Gain Exelixis gets good data, even if it wasn't exactly what it was expecting. |