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 true Jennie Tate 2006-07-04T05:08:00-07:00 2006-07-04T09:09:38Z 2006-07-04T09:09:38Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200417824372082 Gabapentin Cools Hot Flashes As Well As Estrogen University of Rochester researchers, who have been investigating new therapies for hot flashes for several years, report in the July Obstetrics and Gynecology journal that the seizure drug gabapentin is as effective as estrogen, which used to be the gold standard treatment for menopause symptoms. Estrogen is no longer the preferred therapy because recent, large studies have shown that the false Jennie Tate 2006-07-03T07:05:00-07:00 2006-07-04T09:06:47Z 2006-07-04T09:06:47Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200400771093780 Effects Of Calcium On Weight Maintenance Among Middle-Aged Adults Increased total calcium intake in the form of supplements can help middle-aged adults maintain their weight over a number of years, with particular benefits to women, according to researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. The study looked at relationships between calcium and weight change over an eight-to-12-year period among more than 10,000 men and women in their false Jennie Tate 2006-07-01T10:59:00-07:00 2006-07-04T09:00:21Z 2006-07-04T09:00:21Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200362189669218 Smoking And Obesity May Increase The Risk Of Erectile Dysfunction A prospective study by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that obesity and smoking are strongly associated with a greater risk of erectile dysfunction (ED). Meanwhile, regular physical activity appeared to have a significant impact on lowering the risk of ED. This is the first large-scale prospective study to examine the links between ED and smoking, obesity, false Jennie Tate 2006-07-01T03:15:00-07:00 2006-07-04T09:03:10Z 2006-07-04T09:03:10Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200379061840894 New Insights Into The Impact Of Pregnancy On Inflammatory Arthritis During pregnancy, women with inflammatory arthritis usually experience disease improvement or even remission, while a disease flare regularly occurs within 3 to 4 months after delivery. A study featured in the July 2006 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/arthritis) sheds light on this widely reported yet little understood phenomenon. Prenatal diagnostic false Jennie Tate 2006-06-30T07:54:00-07:00 2006-07-04T08:55:59Z 2006-07-04T08:55:59Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200335922704571 Dietary Supplements Do Not Reverse The Chemistry Of Emotional Stress Eating extra amounts of certain fats linked to numerous health benefits does not reverse the underlying metabolic changes that occur in emotional stress, an international group of researchers report. Their study is scheduled for the July 7 issue of the ACS Journal of Proteome Research. The fats, termed long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs), are used to make infant formulas more like false Jennie Tate 2006-06-27T23:44:00-07:00 2006-07-04T08:54:14Z 2006-07-04T08:54:14Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200325424018111 Estrogen Plays Different Role During Stress In Black And White Teens Estrogen seems to play a different role during stress in black and white girls, a difference that may help explain higher cardiovascular disease rates in blacks, researchers have found. Using a model that mimics common life stressors, researchers found estrogen levels drop during stress in healthy black girls but remain consistent in whites, said Dr. Gregory Harshfield, director of the Medical false Jennie Tate 2006-06-25T04:13:00-07:00 2006-07-04T09:16:52Z 2006-07-04T09:16:52Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200461266439063 Viagra Improves High Altitude Exercise Performance Up To 45% For Some Sildenafil (Viagra) significantly improved the cardiovascular and exercise performance measures of trained cyclists at high altitude, mostly because the drug helped some participants improve a lot -- up to 45% -- while others showed little change. Sildenafil provided no benefit at sea level. Ten cyclists who took sildenafil at altitude collectively lowered the time it took to cover six false Jennie Tate 2006-06-22T09:10:00-07:00 2006-07-04T09:11:46Z 2006-07-04T09:11:46Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200430630497916 Animal Studies Suggest Vegetables May Reduce Hardening Of Arteries New research suggests one reason vegetables may be so good for us - a study in mice found that a mixture of five common vegetables reduced hardening of the arteries by 38 percent compared to animals eating a non-vegetable diet. Conducted by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the research is reported in the current issue of the Journal of Nutrition. "While everyone knows that eating more false Jennie Tate 2006-06-20T06:57:00-07:00 2006-07-04T08:58:17Z 2006-07-04T08:58:17Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200349766112683 Coping Strategies For Relief From Summer Allergens Offered By UT Southwestern Allergist The good news for allergy sufferers is that springtime mountain cedars and tree pollens have generally subsided. The bad news: It's summertime. "For summer, it will be grass pollen along with high ozone levels combining for a one-two punch," said Dr. David Khan, associate professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. "In July, cedar elm will appear." While heat doesn't false Jennie Tate 2006-06-18T05:25:00-07:00 2006-07-04T08:44:54Z 2006-07-04T08:44:54Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200269434725916 Menopausal Women Don't Get Enough Guidance On Treatment Options, Stanford Survey Shows Few women are consulting their doctors before opting to use herbal therapies and soy products to treat their menopausal symptoms, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found. The trend is of particular note because growing numbers of women are turning to alternative therapies to relieve such symptoms as hot flashes, headaches, mood swings and sleep disruptions because of false Jennie Tate 2006-06-17T03:48:00-07:00 2006-07-04T08:49:33Z 2006-07-04T08:49:33Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200297387915824 Target Women's Depression To Reduce Disability From Chronic Conditions, Suggests Study Women with higher levels of depression when suffering with long-term pain report greater disability than men in the same situation, according to new research published in the latest edition of the European Journal of Pain. This suggests that by targeting their depression, doctors could help reduce disability in female patients with chronic conditions such as arthritis and back pain. The study, false Jennie Tate 2006-06-15T08:27:00-07:00 2006-07-04T08:52:32Z 2006-07-04T08:52:32Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200315250523374 New Study Suggests Antidepressants Save Lives A just published UCLA study suggests that the use of antidepressants to treat depression has saved thousands of lives, despite the concern about a possible link between suicide risk and the class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). The lead author of the study is Dr. Julio Licinio, the new chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the false Jennie Tate 2006-06-14T01:38:00-07:00 2006-07-04T08:42:21Z 2006-07-04T08:42:20Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115200254098730584 First High-Flex Knee Replacement Implant Shaped Specifically To Fit Woman's Anatomy The first knee replacement shaped to fit a woman's anatomy has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and will be distributed to orthopedic surgeons to use next week. Dr. Aaron G. Rosenberg and Dr. Richard A. Berger, orthopedic surgeons at Rush University Medical Center, were two of the 10 developer surgeons who sought to address shape-related differences of a woman's knee. false Jennie Tate 2006-06-12T05:50:00-07:00 2006-06-15T13:06:47Z 2006-06-15T12:52:19Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115037593969722117 Organon Starts Phase III Development Of Unique Combined Oral Contraceptive Organon, the human healthcare business unit of Akzo Nobel, announced today that it has started the phase III development program for NOMAC/E2, its novel combined oral contraceptive. NOMAC/E2 is viewed as the first major innovation in hormone content since the introduction of "The Pill" in the nineteen sixties. NOMAC/E2 is the first natural estrogen containing combined oral contraceptive; it false Jennie Tate 2006-06-11T03:53:00-07:00 2006-06-15T12:54:29Z 2006-06-15T12:54:29Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21908732.post-115037606934615116 Avoid Air Pollution While Exercising In The City As environmentalists have pointed out, it can be as dangerous to be outdoors behind a city bus -- walking or bicycling -- as it is to be in front of one. All the exhaust and smoke -- even when they have been reduced by clean air technology -- can damage a person's health. The dangers of urban air pollution are of special concern to those who exercise by running, bicycling, or skating. These false