Archive for the ‘Hormone Therapy’ Category
Muscle strength improvements shown in adults undergoing long-term growth hormone treatment
It is widely understood that adults who have a growth hormone deficiency, a condition that affects an estimated 10,000,000 people annually worldwide, tend to have excess body fat and less strength in their muscles. However, little has been known about how prolonged growth hormone therapy can impact muscle strength - until now. Dr. Galina Gotherstrom and colleagues at Goteborg University studied how 10 years of growth hormone treatment affected 109 people with adult-onset growth hormone deficiency. Study participants were an average age of 50. The investigators looked specifically at muscle strength and neuromuscular function.
“The Pill” Reduces Pregnancy, Libido & Muscle Mass
Results of a new study find that the pill contraceptive may reduce muscle in young women who take it to protect against becoming pregnant.
“Bioidenticals” – a safe, proven alternative to synthetic replacement-hormone therapy
For many years, older women with symptoms associated with menopause - a health condition that affects 65 million people in the U.S. - have gone to their doctors for relief. For the most part, physicians have prescribed synthetic hormone-replacement therapy. And over time, FDA-approved synthetic hormones, specifically Premarin, Provera and Prempro (a combination of the two), have become the norm. In fact in 2001, Premarin was the best-selling drug in the U.S., with $2 billion in annual sales for its manufacturer, Wyeth.
Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
The health benefits of an active sex life are abundant, and have received impressive scholarly support from three recent studies. According to researchers at Queens University in Belfast, sexual activity strengthens pelvic muscles, thereby contributing to a decrease in incontinence; scholars at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania found that sexual intercourse strengthens the immune system by up to 30%; and a paper published by the Journal of American Medical Association reported that frequent ejaculation might decrease the likelihood of prostate cancer.
Prostate Cancer Research
Conventional medicine believes that excess testosterone is the cause of prostate cancer. However, the evidence is that estradiol (one of the estrogens) causes prostate cancer.
Wyeth Paid For Positive Articles On Their Drugs In Journals
Washington (dbTechno) - According to U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, the pharmaceutical company Wyeth paid to have positive articles written about their drugs in medical journals. Sen. Grassley is a Republican from Iowa and has been probing into this case for quite some time.
He started by looking into a medical writing company known as DesignWrite.
Estrogen: A surprise treatment for metastatic breast cancer
By Sally Chew
Estrogen therapy is about the last thing you’d expect a doctor to prescribe for a woman with breast cancer: The hormone is famous for coaxing tumors to grow, not shrink. But in a new study, one out of three postmenopausal women with advanced cancer who were given a daily dose of estrogen saw their tumors slow to a stop, and in some cases, even get smaller.