Estrogen (generic), Premarin, Estrace News

Q. Lately I've been hearing a lot about bio-identical natural hormone replacement therapy for women.

Now more than ever, it's critical that all women tune into their inner guidance and the fact that their bodies were designed to stay healthy for life.

Garland woman blames drug companies for cancer diagnosis Garland resident Katie McCommas had no idea when she began taking hormone replacement therapy drugs in 1991 that the medication that she was told would help her would later be suspected of causing her breast cancer.

As I mentioned last month , Ia TMm on an innovative program to lose weight and improve my type 2 diabetes .

By Susan Perry Published Mon, Dec 14 2009 10:37 am Almost as soon as the New York Times posted a long article this weekend on how the pharmaceutical industry turned "horse estrogen into a billion-dollar panacea for aging women," the article jumped onto the newspaper's most e-mailed list - right behind a recipe for oatmeal buttermilk blueberry ...

Having just co-written a book on the cultural story of menstruation, I know that this has certainly been the case in the way hormone replacement therapy has been sold to women over the decades.

Women who take hormone replacement therapy to treat menopause symptoms do not have a higher than usual risk of heart attack, especially if they use a cream or skin patch or take "cyclic" hormone combinations, Danish researchers reported on Tuesday.

Over the weekend, the New York Times dug into the tale of Premarin and Prempro , two drugs sold to replace estrogen lost due to menopause.

MILLIONS of American women in the 1990s were told they could help their bodies ward off major illness by taking menopausal hormone drugs .

In re: Prempro Products Liability Litigation Scroggin v. Wyeth United States Court of Appeals - " Eighth Circuit Case No.

By now most of us have heard that October was Breast Cancer Awareness month. Well, I sure as heck was a lot more aware of breast cancer this October than I was last October because now I know that I have it.

Pfizer has been ordered to pay a total of $103 million in punitive damages to two women who were found to have breast cancer after they used hormonal drugs, state court officials in Philadelphia said Monday.

Deciding whether or not hormone replacement therapy is right for you is no easy task.

Wednesday's first guests on the "Mornings unPhiltered" show were Julie Barnes and Statesboro Herald reporter Holli Deal Bragg, who helped start the Heart of Dixie Equine Rescue group.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld Arkansas district court decisions in a products liability case against pharmaceutical companies that are the makers of hormone therapy drugs that, combined, have been linked to breast cancer.

A federal appeals court says Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will get a new trial to determine if the drugmaker should pay punitive damages to a woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy.

A prospective, multi-center study demonstrated that in IVF cycles supplemented with once-daily dosing of Crinone vaginal progesterone gel and Estrace oral estrogen, vaginal bleeding is rare in patients who become pregnant.

According to a study published in October 2009 by researchers at the UCLA School of Medicine , breast tenderness during hormone replacement therapy may suggest an increased cancer risk.

Women whose breasts became tender after taking hormone replacement therapy had nearly twice the risk of developing breast cancer than women whose breasts did not become tender on the drugs, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

As our general population continues to age, the use of bio-identical hormone restoration therapy is becoming an increasingly hot topic for both pharmacists and patients.