The rats were exposed to 1 of the chemicals utilized in the most commonly
used HRTs in the US — a progestin known as MPA (medroxyprogesterone acetate), which is also the very same synthetic hormone which accelerates development of breast tumours.
To accurately test the hypothesis of a lower risk of recurrence with HRT, a new study led by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital published in European Urology Focus, performed a systematic review and meta - analysis, pooling available data, to assess whether an improved risk of recurrence could be demonstrated
using HRT compared with CRT, in addition to assessing the relative impact of these two treatments on bladder and rectal function.
After taking account of factors likely to influence the results, the researchers found that women who currently or previously had
used HRT had an approximately 1.5 greater risk of acute pancreatitis than those who had never used the therapy.
The risk seemed to be higher among women who used systemic therapy and those who had
used HRT for more than 10 years.
Does it mean that menopausal women who
use HRT to replace ovarian hormones (thereby reinstituting negative feedback onto GnRH) may expect to live shorter lives than women who don't?
It is thought that
using HRT, at least in part, reduces modifications of muscle contractile proteins that are linked to ageing.»
What was even more stunning was the decline in breast cancer rates among women that were most likely to
use HRT.
When the researchers performed a separate analysis of
those using HRT and those not using HRT, there was no consistent relationship between retinol intake and fracture risk among
those using HRT, while multivariate analysis yielded a statistically significant 252 percent increased risk in the highest quintile of vitamin A intake among women not using HRT.9
Still, whether it's a promoter or a causative factor, there's good reason to be wary of
using HRT to address natural menopause.
Compared with women who had never
used HRT of any kind, those who used estrogen alone (presumably women who had a hysterectomy) had a significant 1.29-fold higher increased risk of breast cancer.
Most of the women were past menopause at the outset, and 61 percent were currently
using HRT.
They found that women who were
using HRT at the outset were 36 percent less likely to develop colon cancer over the next decade than those who had never used HRT.
Not exact matches
Please share my story with all women who have
used or are considering IVF,
HRT and anyone with estrogen positive breast cancer.
Journal articles on hormone replacement therapy (
HRT) ghostwritten by medical writers employed by the pharmaceutical industry serially understated the treatment's risks and promoted unapproved
uses, according to an analysis of industry documents.
At the same time the papers supported unvetted «off - label»
uses for
HRT that were not approved by drug regulators, including healthier skin, protection against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and a generally higher quality of life.
Using data on 114,000 British women, they calculated that women who take
HRT for five years have a 2.74 times higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who never take it (British Journal of Cancer, doi.org / Q).
Previous studies also demonstrate that moderate hypo - fractionated radiation therapy (
HRT), consisting of daily treatment for one month
using a larger dose per treatment, provides a similar low risk of recurrence, and may even be lower with
HRT than CRT.
Researchers say further study is needed
using individual patient - level data among men with high risk prostate cancer to assess the benefit of
HRT and whether treatment toxicity, particularly those to the bladder and urinary system are also low with
HRT.
In 2003, breast cancer rates dropped rapidly, and several studies in 2007 cited decreased
use of hormone replacement therapy (
HRT) as the likely cause.
Jason Waugh, TOG Editor - in - chief added: «The
use of
HRT is an individual decision, which a woman can only make once she has been given correct information and advice from healthcare professionals.
The Million Women Study in 2001 suggested that
HRT use increased the risk of breast cancer significantly and the Cochrane Collaboration systematic review identified an increased risk of similar conditions.
However,
HRT also led to eight more breast cancer cases, eight more strokes, and 18 more episodes of hazardous blood clots for every 10,000 women
using Prempro each year.
«There are no contemporary data that might explain our finding that the risk was sustained among past users of [
HRT] or that the risk seemed to increase with duration of
use,» writes Dr. Viktor Oskarsson, Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, with coauthors.
Women who
use postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (
HRT) may be at increased risk of acute pancreatitis, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
At the start of the study, 13 113 (42 %) of the women were current users of
HRT, 3660 (12 %) were previous users, and the remainder had never
used the therapy.
Although several case reports have indicated that there may be an association between
use of
HRT and risk of acute pancreatitis, the evidence from large studies is sparse.
The researchers contrast the debate over Beta - blocker
use with that of hormone - replacement therapy (
HRT) for women.
Some studies published over the last decade have led to negative publicity around
HRT, a treatment
used to relieve symptoms of menopause, resulting in many women being reluctant to
use it.
Doctors are much more cautious about prescribing
HRT for any
use and some advise strongly against it.
Some synthetic hormones made
use of in
HRT accelerate development of breast tumours.
In this book, we
use the term «conventional
HRT» to describe the hormone treatment plans prescribed by doctors for the past 30 years.
It could be that you are
using birth control pills or the wrong type of
HRT (hormone replacement therapy), you don't exercise much, genetics (sure, sure!
Currently, the most popular treatment modality
used to manage menopausal symptoms is hormone replacement therapy or
HRT.
Natural
HRT: Directory of Articles on Natural
HRT by Dr. John Lee, M.D.
HRT the way conventional medicine practices it isn't safe or effective, but it is possible for women to have hormone balance,
using natural, bioidentical hormones.
There are several name brand and high quality medications that are
used by the most honest
HRT clinics.
Postmenopausal women
using BHRT (or
HRT) typically take their replacement hormones once or twice daily, as do men
using BHRT (fortunately for 21st century men, the formerly patented, carciogenic testosterone analogue, methyltestosterone — widely and enthusiastically prescribed for men in the 1940s and early 1950s, as was Premarin ® for women from the 1980s until 2002 — is hardly every prescribed at present).
Total hip bone mineral density was maintained in the
HRT alone group (+0.4 + / - 0.4 %) and increased in the
HRT + T group (+ 1.8 + / - 0.5 %).85 (That said, it would be much safer to
use a topical delivery form for these hormones; there are serious problems with taking either estrogen or testosterone orally.
Maca root helps to relieve menopausal symptoms such as heat flashes, unstable moods including depression, dryness in vagina and is
used as a replacement to
HRT (hormone replacement)
Unfortunately, millions of women have been prescribed
HRT by their medical doctors although neither they nor their doctors completely understood the full risks and benefits associated with synthetic hormone /
HRT use!
Therefore, Hormone Replacement Therapy (
HRT) medications do not fit into hormone cell receptors like BHRT medications; this mis - fit in molecular structure of
HRT appears to have created some of the health problems associated with
HRT Hormone Therapy which has been discussed in the media over the past few years (the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) was released in July 2002 indicating health risks associated with synthetic
HRT use).
Scientists from the Northern California Cancer Center and Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research noted that
HRT use dropped 68 percent in the state between 2001 and 2003.
More importantly, the studies indicate that the declines occurred because millions of women stopped
using conventional hormone replacement therapy (
HRT).
These contraceptives contain the same synthetic hormones as those
used in hormone replacement therapy (
HRT), which has well - documented risks, including an increased risk of blood clots, stroke, heart attack, and breast cancer.
Hormone replacement therapy (
HRT) is a medical treatment that is
used by menopausal women to relieve menopausal symptoms caused by lower estrogen and progesterone in the body.
Sadly, the Times of London made the same mistake in its coverage of the new findings when Health Editor Nigel Hawkes stated that the «combination pill»
used in
HRT contains «oestrogen plus progesterone».
The Harvard Nurses» Questionnaire Study Evidence piles up against the
use of HRT to prevent heart disease The coronary artery spasm hypothesis Use real progesterone Men, hormones and heart dise
use of
HRT to prevent heart disease The coronary artery spasm hypothesis
Use real progesterone Men, hormones and heart dise
Use real progesterone Men, hormones and heart disease
This advice may lead many women to think that they can avoid the risks of
HRT if they just
use it to get them through the first several years after the onset of menopause.
Dr. Lee emphasizes to his readers that conventional
HRT contains synthetic progestins and not natural progesterone, and that there is no evidence that
using natural progesterone as he recommends, increases the risk of breast cancer, and plenty of clinical evidence that it probably protects against breast cancer.
It is important to note that conventional
HRT violates all three of these rules for rational
use of supplemental steroid hormones.
A 10 - year French study of
HRT using a low - dose estradiol patch plus oral progesterone shows no increased risk of breast cancer, strokes or heart attacks.