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New York - Risks associated with Combination Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) were first reported in a 2002 Woman's Health Initiative study. HRT is a commonly prescribed medical treatment that combines the hormones estrogen and progestin to treat symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes or vaginal dryness. In the initial study it was determined that a women receiving HRT had a 27 percent greater risk of breast cancer. A newly released analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a woman's ... Read More

New York - The theory that a combination of estrogen and progestin taken to relieve menopause can increase the risk of breast cancer, heart attacks and stroke appears to be right on target as numbers fell dramatically when women were warned about the prolonged use of these hormones. Federal statistics show about 210,000 women in the U.S. were diagnosed with breast cancer each year before 2002. The rate dropped suddenly after 2002 when the warning went out down to 190,000. The rates have ... Read More

London - Did you know that every year in the UK the cost of having a premature baby is £939 million dollars and rising, in the UK there are more than 80,000 babies born premature and half of them will spend their first few months in the NICU, Babies that are born before the 38 wk mark need constant monitoring and can have serious complications including lung problems, disability, or other handicaps that can have long term effects in the babies development, ... Read More

New York - Chemicals resistant to heat with the ability to repel water have proved useful for decades, but a new study links high levels of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) with infertility in women. PFCs can be found everywhere in anything from carpeting to food packaging. The research conducted by the University of California in Los Angeles questioned pregnant women on the length of time it had taken them to conceive then analyzed their blood samples for levels of exposure to the PFCs. The ... Read More

New York - Good news for people who don't have time for a full-blown work out. Studies now show that brief intense exercise can be just as beneficial for your heart-health, help lower blood pressure, and ward off diabetes. With brief periods of intense exercise the arteries delivering blood to your muscles and heart can improve in function and structure, resulting in better blood flow and a healthier heart. Brief intense exercise has also been shown to improve blood glucose and insulin levels in ... Read More

London - In the past sixteen years, deaths from alcohol abuse have doubled in the UK, according to a recent study released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Because of these alarming new statistics, alcohol awareness groups are calling on the government to do more to educate people and prevent alcohol abuse. While most of the alcohol related deaths continued to occur in people ages 55-74, there is an unfortunate new trend among younger people as well. For the first time in ... Read More

New York - When cancer is present in one breast but not the other some patients have opted to have both surgically removed in a procedure known as a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy rather than take the chance of developing cancer in the unaffected breast. On Monday, U.S. researchers announced they believe a new study may tell who’ll benefit from a preventive mastectomy. In the study of over 500 women with breast cancer headed by Dr. Kelly Hunt at the University of Texas M.D. ... Read More

A study conducted with 543 women who had breast cancer showed that women with breast cancer would rather opt for a double mastectomy to prevent cancer from growing in both breasts. It has not been easy for doctors to say who is most likely to have cancer occur in both breasts, when it is found in only one breast. Race and hormones have not been much help to try and determine this rate either. According to doctors there are three specific factors they ... Read More

Los Angeles - Health officials say that Brazilian model, Mariana Bridi da Costa has died in hospital from a urinary infection. "It's with great sadness that we inform you of the death of Mari, today (Saturday) at 2:30am," her family said in a statement Saturday. The Espirito Santo State Health Secretariat said in the statement the model died from complications related to a generalized infection Earlier this month Bridi, 20,  had her hands and feet amputated after being infected with the life-threatening septicemia on Dec. ... Read More

London - The weight loss drug Orlistat is slated to go on sale in European pharmacies without the requirement of a prescription within the next few months. Although early approval was first given several months ago in October 2008, the European Commission has just now given the go ahead for public distribution of the anti-obesity drug, which will be marketed under the name Alli by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the makers of the product. The estimated price for Alli is £1.50 a day. Although consumers ... Read More