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Caveat emptor when it comes to hormone therapy for menopause, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Hormone therapy for menopause has recently had a black box warning removed by the FDA, after the agency reexamined data originally prompting the warning and found it flawed. Wen Shen, a menopause expert at Johns Hopkins, says women still need …
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What is the controversy around hormone therapy for menopause? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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The FDA has recently removed black box warnings, indicating a medication is potentially risky, from hormone therapy for menopause. The warning was originally put on in 2003 after a study seemed to show increased risks for cardiovascular disease, breast cancer …
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Women need to exercise caution when it comes to hormones of all types, Elizabeth Tracey reports
What are the benefits of hormone therapy for women in menopause and perimenopause? Elizabeth Tracey reports
What might the FDA’s removal of a black box warning on hormone therapy for menopause mean to you? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Certain hormone therapies for menopause have had black box warnings on them since 2003, following concerns arising from the Women’s Health Initiative study, which seemed to show increased risks for breast cancer and dementia. Now the FDA has removed these …
A couple new approaches to treating a type of leukemia may help shorten treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Using one of two drug combinations versus ibrutinib alone to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common types of leukemia in adults, may allow people to avoid continuous treatment, a new study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel …