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Older breast cancer patients using oestrogen cream lived longer – US study
American researchers have suggested that oestrogen creams may improve survival rates, despite previous fears they could stimulate cancer cell growth.
This after their recent study...
Late first birth and weight increases breast cancer risk – UK study
A British study has suggested a link between weight gain and having children later in life with a heightened risk of breast cancer, finding...
Criticism over updated menopause guidelines
New guidelines which recommend women with menopause symptoms be offered hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as a first-line treatment, not therapy, have been slated by...
Hormones safe for menopause – US study dispels old flawed findings
The benefits of hormone therapy for the treatment of menopause symptoms outweigh the risks, and what is available now is very different from two...
Freezing ovarian tissue could prevent menopause – Yale modelling study
Recent research by a team of biologists in the United States has explored the various possible outcomes of delaying menopause – or even preventing...
UK green-lights drug that could slash breast cancer risk
Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed authorisation of the hormone treatment anastrozol as a preventative treatment for post-menopausal women at...
UK women undergo simultaneous Caesarean and cancer surgery
In a documented first, four women giving birth by Caesarean section at a London hospital had surgery – at the same time – to...
Nitrites and nitrates linked to higher cancer risk – French study
A French study, which investigated the relationship between intake of nitrites and nitrates (all sources combined) and the risk of cancer, found that food...
Early menopause may raise dementia risk later – UK study of 150,000 women
Compared with women who enter menopause at about 50, women who experience very early menopause (before 40) were found to be 35% more likely...
Study suggests HRT carries higher risk of breast cancer than thought
A meta-analysis finds that many women who take hormone therapy during menopause are more likely to develop breast cancer than previously thought – and...