Sentences with phrase «took estrogen»

Of the participants in the trial, over 8,500 took estrogen plus progestin and just over 8,100 were given placebos.

In reporting on women who participated in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, you stated that the women who took estrogen and progesterone faced an increased risk of cancer after they stopped the treatment.

«Menopausal women who took estrogen and progesterone faced a small increased risk of cancer for more than two years after they stopped...» Since the Post syndicates its content to hundreds of local papers, this serious factual error landed on the doorsteps of millions of women.

Results showed that women who took estrogen only were at increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.

Unfortunately, the opposite proved to be the case: Women who took estrogen had a slightly higher rate of cognitive impairment than women who didn't.

In the Women's Health Initiative — a massive study of 161,808 women over 15 years — there was a decrease in mortality among the women in the 50 - to 59 - year - old group who took estrogen alone or with progesterone.

I did not have a period before, and I take estrogen without a break (some transsexuals take estrogen 3 weeks on and 1 off, but that causes the Hulk syndrome in some transsexuals... so I stay on a constant dose.).

Taking estrogen, which is naturally low when a woman is breastfeeding, can reduce milk production.

The shot appeals to some women who want a highly effective method of contraception but don't want (or can't use) an IUD, can't take estrogen, or have trouble remembering to take pills.

Hahaha I told my husband that he MUST take estrogen supplements and nurse if anything ever happened to me.

First, follow your doctor's instructions on taking estrogen and progesterone.

New findings suggest that taking estrogen has no effect on brain performance, no matter how early or late women start taking it

Thousands of women in a separate arm of the Women's Health Initiative continue to take estrogen alone, which has not been linked to serious health problems.

What's more, another analysis of the WHI data reveals that women taking estrogen were more likely to develop blood clots than were women getting dummy pills.

My own feeling: Ifpreventing Alzheimer's is the only reason you're taking estrogen, you probablyshouldn't bother.

Does it matter when you take estrogen?

Because when researchers looked at women who did and didn't have heart disease or Alzheimer's, and asked these women to recall their hormone use, those without these problemswere more likely to have taken estrogen.

Over the last two years, the Women's Health Initiative, a series of long - term studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, revealed that taking an estrogen - progestin combination slightly increases the risk of stroke and blood clots and may also increase the risk of heart disease, breast cancer, and dementia.

That can be especially risky when a woman takes estrogen without enough progesterone, an imbalance that puts women at increased risk of endometrial cancer.

Few women with a history of VTE were enrolled, but these data suggest a possibility that these women may be at greater risk of future VTE events when taking estrogen plus progestin (7 vs 1; HR, 4.90; 95 % CI, 0.58 - 41.06) than those without a history of VTE (144 vs 66; HR, 2.06; 95 % CI, 1.54 - 2.76).

But, for those who can't or prefer not to take estrogen, plenty of alternatives are readily available at the local drugstore, so menopause can actually be the start of a better - than - ever sex life.

Many women are concerned about taking estrogen orally — hormone replacement therapy or HRT — after a 2002 study suggested a strong link to breast cancer, but doctors have widely divergent opinions about that.

An October 2008 Journal of the National Cancer Institute study of postmenopausal women whod taken hormones actually offered reassuring news, at least for BRCA - 1 carriers: The researchers found that the BRCA - 1 women whod taken estrogen alone or combined estrogen and progesterone actually had a decreased risk of breast cancer compared with those who hadnt had HT.

A September 2008 study led by the same author, Thomas E. Rohan, MD, PhD, an epidemiologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City, found similarly disturbing evidence in a study of women taking estrogen and progestin: Combined HT raised a womans risk of benign breast disease by 74 %.

In fact, over time, estrogen plus progestin can raise a womans risk for breast cancer by 24 %; even if you take estrogen on its own for more than 10 to 15 years, your risk may still go up.

Taking estrogen may increase a woman's risk of getting breast cancer.

Once a woman reaches age 75, there is little difference in bone density between those who have taken estrogen and those who have not.

I want to keep my cancer risks as low as possible, thus am concerned about taking estrogen.

If you are on any medications or taking Estrogen, then other tests will have to be run in order to determine your proper levels.

In 2004, WHI researchers also stopped giving HT to women who had undergone hysterectomy, because those taking estrogen alone had a higher rate of stroke than those taking the placebo.

A study of CAT calcium scores by JoAnn E. Manson in the June 2007 JAMA actually lower scores, and less heart disease in the women taking estrogen (they had hysterectomies and were not given the synthetic progestins).

Women taking estrogen only HRT had a 30 percent increased risk of breast cancer.

Within days, several news organizations reported that the women in the WHI study were taking estrogens and progesterone (not progestins!).

C - Reactive Protein levels fluctuate from day to day, and levels increase with aging, high blood pressure, alcohol use, smoking, low levels of physical activity, chronic fatigue, coffee consumption, having elevated triglycerides, insulin resistance and diabetes, taking estrogen, eating a high protein diet, and suffering sleep disturbances, and depression.

That said, you could absolutely count on experiencing at least some negative side effects if you were to take estrogen blockers.

I doubt that taking estrogen blockers will make me hate romantic comedy movies and true romance novels by Danielle Steel any less than I do now.

I am 54 and do not take any estrogen even though I had a hysterectomy because I have learned that most of us store plenty of estrogen in our fat.

Whether progesterone is low due to stress, taking estrogen (the Pill, hormone replacement, etc.), or when a woman has ovulation issues (such as with PCOS — Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) there will be an overt or relative estrogen dominance.

Women who have had a hysterectomy and have undergone natural or surgical menopause who do not wish to take estrogen replacement but who are having problems with hot flashes.

Women who have not had the uterus removed but have undergone natural menopause and do not wish to take any estrogen replacement.

Another video on the risks associated with taking estrogens: Plant - Based Bioidentical Hormones.

This happens when we take estrogens — the copper levels rise and cause other issues.

Because all it's doing is taking your estrogen and doing this.

In another study, it's been found that postmenopausal women who take estrogen replacement hormones have gained longevity in their life spans, and have also diminished their progression of cardiac problems.

For instance, if your doctor is recommending you take an estrogen inhibitor such as Tamoxifen, the book can help you weigh the pros and cons of using such drugs as well as chemotherapy, radiation, and other treatment options.

This doesn't just happen to women who are taking estrogen.

Despite this the main symptoms I was exibiting were those for low progesterone and low testosterone with no low estrogen symptoms and taking estrogen caused worse symptoms.

Yesterday felt like I had the worst PMS of my life (I am fifteen years post-hysterectomy and take no estrogen) but today feel less agitated and so on and I am looking forward to continued benefits.

Better safe than sorry and as I take estrogen suppressants and have now entered early menopause the breast pain no longer seem to be an issue.

Some research suggests that applying progesterone (Crinone) into the vagina prevents endometrial hyperplasia in women with an intact uterus that are taking estrogen replacement therapy.