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Anchor lead: How long should women take hormone treatments after breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Women who’ve had the most common type of breast cancer often take hormone therapy for years to prevent recurrence, but how long should that go …
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Anchor lead: Can a high blood pressure medicine work for hot flashes? Elizabeth Tracey reports High blood pressure and more severe hot flashes may be related, a recent study found. Wen Shen, a menopause medicine expert at Johns Hopkins, says …
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Anchor lead: New data on hot flashes point to a greater duration of menopause, Elizabeth Tracey reports Some women with hot flashes during menopause experience 7 or more per day, with profuse sweating, sleep disruption, and profound fatigue. That’s according …
Anchor lead: Are hot flashes and high blood pressure related? Elizabeth Tracey reports Hot flashes are no fun for anyone, but now a new study suggests that women who have 7 or more a day, categorized as severe, may also …
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Anchor lead: Helping childhood wounds heal may need physician help, Elizabeth Tracey reports If childhood trauma renders adults more susceptible to a variety of diseases, as reported in many studies discussed by Donna Jackson-Nakazawa at a recent symposium at Johns …
Anchor lead: Can you overcome a stressful childhood with regard to your own stress response? Elizabeth Tracey reports Stressful childhood experiences ranging from parental divorce, alcoholism or depression to bullying, have been shown to hard wire a heightened stress response …
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Anchor lead: Can better technology reduce the number of prostate biopsies? Elizabeth Tracey reports More aggressive prostate cancers are diagnosed using MRI guided biopsy than the traditional approach, a Johns Hopkins study led by Ballantine Carter, a prostate cancer expert, …
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