Menopause News Flash: How Hormone Replacement Therapy Affects Your Gallbladder
Menopause News Flash: How Hormone Replacement Therapy Affects Your Gallbladder
NEWS YOU CAN USE
Taking estrogen pills increases a menopausal woman’s risk of needing gallbladder surgery to treat complications of gallstones, according to a new French study. Patches and gels, however, don’t increase the risk of gallstones.
Bottom’s up! Sipping green tea and coffee regularly can lower your risk of having a stroke, according to research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Women who work night shifts have an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a new study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Night owls may also be at a higher risk than are morning larks.
Put down the ice cream! Patients who consume high-fat dairy products following breast cancer diagnosis increase their chances of dying from the disease years later, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente researchers.
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I have been trying to cut out diet coke. Apparently I need to pick up the habit of coffee and green tea!
Thanks for visiting and commenting Shelley. Even though it has the word “diet” in it, it isn’t going to shrink our waistlines unfortunately! I would think coffee and tea is a better substitute than diet coke.
Nice to know I’m (mostly) on the right track!
Thanks for keeping us up to day on women’s health issues.
Well thank you Lori for stopping by and for the nice comment. We can’t be too hard on ourselves to be on a “right track” all the time. No one is perfect. I give you a standing ovation and round of applause for being “mostly on the right track”. Keep it up!
Good grief…no end to it!
So much to know and so much that can b contradictory. Ellen, what is your take on bioidentical hormones? Sorry if you have already covered this topic.