Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) ii

Your risks It is impossible to know whether you will develop health problems from HRT. If you have no personal or family history of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, heart attack, stroke, blood clots, and dementia, your increased HRT risks are likely to be small. If you have a personal or family history of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, or heart disease, […]

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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) i

Introduction   Over the past decades, menopausal women have been encouraged to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for its apparent health- and youth-preserving benefits. It is true that HRT lowers the risk of osteoporosis and possibly colon cancer.1, 2 But, compared to women not taking hormones, women taking HRT have slightly higher rates of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, heart attack, […]

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Foods That Weaken Bones

What you eat plays a big role in whether you’re getting the nutrients you need to build strong bones. What might surprise you, though, is that your diet can also play a role in sapping bone strength. Some foods actually leach the minerals right out of the bone, or they block the bone’s ability to regrow. Here, the six biggest […]

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Bone loss – Osteoporosis

What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a disease that affects your bones. It means you have bones that are thin and brittle, with lots of holes inside them like a sponge. This makes them easy to break. Osteoporosis can lead to broken bones (fractures) in the hip, spine, and wrist. These fractures can be disabling and may make it hard for […]

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Pueraria mirifica prevents bone loss ii

Bone loss is one major menopause symptom. Pueraria mirifica improves bone loss caused by estrogen deficiency.   J Reprod Dev. 2004 Dec;50(6):639-45. Long-term treatment effects of Pueraria mirifica phytoestrogens on parathyroid hormone and calcium levels in aged menopausal cynomolgus monkeys. Trisomboon H, Malaivijitnond S, Suzuki J, Hamada Y, Watanabe G, Taya K. Biological Science Ph.D. Program, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn […]

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Pueraria mirifica prevents bone loss i

Pueraria mirifica, a phytoestrogen-rich herb, prevents bone loss in orchidectomized rats.    Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t Journal: Maturitas (Maturitas). Reference: 2007-Mar; vol 56 (issue 3) : pp 322-31 PMID: 17101247 (status: MEDLINE) (last retrieval date: 12/12/2007) Nontakorn Urasopon Yuzuru Hamada Kazuo Asaoka Wichai Cherdshewasart Suchinda Malaivijitnond Affiliation: Biological Science Ph.D. Program, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, […]

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