February 3, 2014

Post menopausal and still experiencing hot flashes?!?

Post menopausal and still experiencing hot flashes?!?

 

No need to go scouring the Internet. I’m here for you with all the latest menopause and health news.

A team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that moderate to severe hot flashes continue, on average, for nearly 5 years after menopause, and more than a third of women experience moderate/severe hot flashes for 10 years or more after menopause.

 

With plummeting hormone levels, natural menopause before age 40 can put a damper on women’s mental well-being and quality of life. But bringing testosterone back up to normal may not bring them the boost some hoped for, found a new study published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

 

Long-term (five-year) outcomes of breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) after breast-conserving surgery show excellent tumor control, and breast cosmesis (cosmetic outcomes) with minimal late toxicity, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology ● Biology ● Physics (Red Journal), the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

 

 

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