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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 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. |
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August 24, 2009
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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. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
June 21, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
Guard Your Bones Osteoporosis is one of the biggest health risks facing older women. What can be done to help prevent this disease? |
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. |
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. |
Nursing
March 2012
Susan Simmons |
Recognizing and preventing Acute stroke in women In women, stroke is the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer, and the major cause of disability. |
Nurse Practitioner
September 2011
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Women & Heart Disease: Symptoms and Treatment Guidelines Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for women. Nurse practitioners need to educate women about their risk and follow practice guidelines. |
Prepared Foods
June 2, 2006
Kerry Hughes |
Formulating for Women's Health The Women's Health Initiative has overturned what we knew about women's health in the past few years. This information has important implications for formulators who develop foods targeted toward women or their diets. |
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. |
Bio-IT World
November 14, 2003
Kathy Ordonez |
Targeted Medicine via Molecular Diagnostics Using diagnostics to select and deselect target populations for drug therapy will enable life scientists to make more effective medicines. |
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. |
Nutra Solutions
September 1, 2005 |
Mood Food to Women's Health Moody Perceptions on Functional Foods... Women and Alternative Medicine Studies... |
Health
May 2008
Susannah Felts |
What Your Mother Must Tell You Knowing you mother's health history - especially the gyno stuff - can lower your risk of infertility, cancer, and more. |
AskMen.com
Charles Capuano |
Can Blood Clots Kill You? As if cholesterol wasn't enough of a headache for men over 40, another silent killer lurks inside the veins -- blood clots. Be aware of their dangers and protect yourself. |
American Family Physician
June 15, 2002
Sarah Evans & Heather McNeill |
Quantum Sufficit Hormone replacement therapy ages gracefully along with its users... Airway injury from crack cocaine use... Smokers wanting to kick the habit can now lick it away... What's in a name? When it comes to "disease," more than you might think... etc. |
