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Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

PHILADELPHIA -- The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyper

Prostate cancer patients on hormone therapy at increased risk for various heart diseases

Berlin, Germany: New research has found that hormone therapy used to treat men with advanced prostate cancer is associated with an increased chance of developing various heart problems. Some choices of therapy appear, however, to be less risky than others.

Androgen's effects on older female cognitive functioning

August 18, 2009 by The Quantum Lob...

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Nowadays there seems to be a growing concern for age-related cognitive decline evidenced by the countless number of ads promising brain enhancement through the guise of drugs and nutrients.

New groundbreaking treatment for oxygen-deprived newborns

Until now immediate cooling of the newborn infant was the only treatment that could possibly prevent brain damage following oxygen deprivation during delivery.

Hormone treatment eases post-surgery distress in children

A scary unknown for many children, the prospect of surgery can cause intense preoperative anxiety.

Mayo researchers: Dramatic outcomes in prostate cancer study

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation therapy.

Mayo researchers: Dramatic outcomes in prostate cancer study

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation therapy.

Prostate, Protein & Proliferation

April 27, 2009 by prandd

A protein shown to be present in prostate cancer cells can inhibit the growth of tumours. Called the SOCS-1 protein, it belongs to the SOCS (suppressor of cytokine signalling) class of proteins. These produce very different effects depending on the type of tumour.

Growth hormone treatment after weight loss surgery prevents loss of muscle mass

Growth hormone treatment for six months after weight loss surgery reduces patients' losses in lean body mass and skeletal muscle mass.

Hormone, Radiation Combo Helps High Risk Prostate Cancer Patients

Prostate cancer patients with high risk cancers who are treated with both internal and external radiation and hormone treatment have a better chance of beating the disease than patients treated with radiation alone, according to a new study published in the January 1, 2005, issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.



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