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Tenderness indicates breast cancer risk from HRT - Daily Telegraph 12th October 2009
"Women who develop tenderness in their breasts after using Britain's most popular hormone replacement therapy are one and a half times more at risk of developing breast cancer, a new study shows. "
Cancer risk casts doubt over future of HRT - The Observer 20th September 2009
Medical academic Apar Kishor Ganti claims new results could be 'nail in the coffin' for hormone replacement therapy
Cancer warning for HRT drug - The Sunday Telegraph 20th September 2009
The use of hormone replacement therapy by menopausal women should be "seriously questioned" following studies linking the treatment to cancer, a leading medic has warned.
HRT 'increases risk of dying from lung cancer' - Daily Mail 20th September 2009
Women who take controversial hormone replacement therapy drugs to combat symptoms of the menopause could be more likely to die if they develop lung cancer.
An eight-year study of 16,600 women found the disease was 71 per cent more likely to be fatal in women taking HRT compared with those taking a placebo pill.
Study finds menopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy increased their risk of ovarian cancer by 38 per cent - Daily Mail 15th July 2009
Menopausal women who took hormone replacement therapy increased their risk of ovarian cancer by 38 per cent, Danish researchers reported yesterday.
The study of more than 900,000 Danish women aged 50 to 79 found around one extra ovarian cancer for roughly 8,300 women taking hormone therapy, or HRT, each year.
Health news: How walnuts may help to prevent cancer, the benefits of running in water and a potential treatment for schizophrenia - Daily Mail 1st June 2009
In our pick of top health stories this week, a new study has found that walnuts may significantly lower the risk of breast cancer, a trial reveals running in water appears to reduce back pain and HRT patches are touted as a treatment for schizophrenia.
HRT 'doubles risk of deadly skin cancer' - The Telegraph 25th February 2009
Women who take hormone replacement therapy to cope with the menopause could be doubling their risk of deadly skin cancer, according to new research.
HRT 'could double the threat of skin cancer' - Daily Mail 26th February 2009
Women who undergo hormone replacement therapy for the menopause could be dramatically increasing their risk of skin cancer.
Those on HRT for more than six months at a time are twice as likely to develop a malignant melanoma, researchers discovered.
HRT cancer connection 'confirmed' - BBC Health News 5th February 2009
New evidence of a link between hormone replacement therapy and a raised risk of breast cancer has been put forward by US researchers.
The New England Journal of Medicine research found breast cancer risk fell sharply when women stopped taking HRT.
Taking the Pill and HRT 'undermines women's natural defences against cancer' - Daily Mail 18th January 2009
Taking the Pill or having hormone replacement therapy can trigger cancer-causing gene mutations, say scientists.
A study to be published tomorrow has identified how the hormone oestrogen in oral contraceptives and HRT pills can start a biochemical chain reaction that undermines women’s natural defences against cancer.
HRT 'can shrink women's brains', claims new study - Daily Mail 13th January 2009
Common forms of hormone replacement therapy shrinks women's brains, according to new research.
Post-menopausal women who took oestrogen pills in a U.S clinical trial experienced a small decrease in the size in two areas of their brain involved in thinking and memory skills, compared to those who took a dummy pill.
Doctor, doctor: Dr Tom Smith on eating chocolate, the side effects of HRT and tendinitis - The Guardian 8th November 2008
I eat a lot of chocolate. I'm not fat, I exercise a lot, and I often eat the chocolate to keep up energy levels. What is the latest on chocolate and heart disease? Is it bad for you, or good, as some claim?
Screening plan to tackle male menopause - The Guardian 30th October 2008
Doctors have drawn up plans to screen older men for the male menopause, amid concerns that as many as one in five of the over-65s may be affected.
The existence of a male equivalent to the menopause is still controversial, but most experts agree some men experience a crash in testosterone that can leave them tired, depressed and lacking in libido.
How the million men suffering from the 'male menopause' could benefit from HRT - Daily Mail 30th October 2008
One in five men over 65 is suffering from the ' male menopause', it was claimed yesterday.
Experts believe that almost a million men are experiencing tiredness, moodiness and loss of libido caused by a deficiency of the hormone testosterone.
They think that many of these men would benefit from hormone replacement therapy.
HRT increases the chance of needing joint replacement, researchers claim - Daily Mail 28th October 2008
Women taking HRT are more likely to need joint surgery, claim researchers.\n\nThey had a 58 per cent extra risk of requiring a new knee than those who had never used the therapy.\n\nAnd their chances of needing a hip replacement were 38 per cent higher if they were taking hormone replacement therapy, which is used to treat symptoms of the menopause.
Cancer and heart disease scares 'put one million women off HRT a year' - Daily Mail 20th September 2008
More than a million women a year are missing out on the benefits of hormone replacement therapy, a leading doctor warns.
The number of prescriptions for HRT has fallen from 6.2million in 2001 to a predicted 2.6million for this year as a result of alarming research findings.
Benefits of HRT justify a rethink, say researchers - The Times 22nd August 2008
Women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) gain benefits in sleep and reduced joint pain.
A study looked at the benefits in older women of taking HRT, and concluded that they were significant.
Now experts say HRT IMPROVES quality of life despite the health risks - Daily Mail 22nd August 2008
Women gain significant benefits in quality of life from taking HRT even years after the menopause, say researchers.
Older women enjoy improvements in many aspects of health when taking Hormone Replacement Therapy.
The popular HRT pill that 'doubles the risk of stroke' - Daily Mail 14th August 2008
Older women have been warned that a popular HRT pill can more than double the risk of suffering a stroke.
Tibolone, a drug taken by tens of thousands of British women to combat the symptoms of menopause, raises the odds of a stroke in the over 60s, say r
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