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Researchers outline targeted therapeutic strategy for triple-negative breast cancer

New findings put forth by the University of Maryland Fischell Department of Bioengineering and researchers from four other academic institutions outline a targeted therapeutic strategy to treat triple-negative breast cancer - a potential first for the particularly aggressive form of breast cancer.

26 Feb 2019

Cocktail of chemicals in the mother inhibits child growth

For the first time, researchers have shown that a combination of perfluorinated substances in the mother significantly inhibits child growth.

25 Feb 2019

Neuron-derived estrogen key to making memories

Estrogen in the brain is important to keep neurons communicating and memories being made, scientists report.

25 Feb 2019

New identified biomarker predicts patients who might benefit from HER2-targeted agents

In an effort to further individualize therapy and avoid over-treating patients, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report a new study using PET scans has identified a biomarker that may accurately predict which patients with one type of HER2-positive breast cancer might best benefit from standalone HER2-targeted agents, without the need for standard chemotherapy.

22 Feb 2019

Innovative compound offers a new therapeutic approach to treat multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide. This debilitating condition periodically shutters communication between the brain and other parts of the body, resulting in symptoms that range from numbness and tingling in the arms and legs to blindness and paralysis.

22 Feb 2019

The high cost of sex: Insurers often don’t pay for drugs to treat problems

For some older people, the joy of sex may be tempered by financial concerns: Can they afford the medications they need to improve their experience between the sheets?

19 Feb 2019

Hormone therapy during gender transition may increase risk for cardiovascular events

Patients receiving hormone therapy as part of their gender-transition treatment had an elevated risk for cardiovascular events, including strokes, heart attacks and blood clots, according to a study published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

18 Feb 2019

Study finds link between endocrine-disrupting chemicals and equine metabolic syndrome

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in a horse's environment may play a role in the development of equine metabolic syndrome.

14 Feb 2019

Study investigates the role of estrogen in controlling glucose homeostasis

The results of a recent Texas A&M University-led study provide insights into the mechanism by which estrogen can decrease insulin resistance and the production of glucose, reducing incidences of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

13 Feb 2019

Contraceptive pill may impair women's ability to recognize emotions

A new study suggests that a woman’s ability to read emotions may be negatively impacted by the contraceptive pill.

12 Feb 2019

New PET imaging agent may help measure efficacy or failure of hormone therapy for breast cancer

Physicians may soon have a new way to measure the efficacy or failure of hormone therapy for breast cancer patients, according to new research published in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

12 Feb 2019

Hormonal cycles may make women more prone to drug addiction, higher relapse rates

Women's hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a new Vanderbilt University study revealed. The findings are especially significant since there are virtually no addiction studies in women that account for these cycles.

11 Feb 2019

MUSC researchers examine the way estrogen affects drug addiction

Male rats have held steady as the focus of most addiction studies in the past. But as the field begins to take female rats into account, scientists see that drugs like methamphetamine affect the sexes differently, suggesting the basis for a change in addiction treatment.

7 Feb 2019

Drug treating breast cancer may be effective in treating lung and ovarian cancer

Two new papers, published simultaneously in Nature Communications and led by researchers at McGill University, offer promise that a drug currently used to treat estrogen positive breast cancer may be effective in treating two different types of cancer, one rare and one common form.

5 Feb 2019

Study: Maternal age, body mass index, race affect hormone concentrations in pregnancy

Hormone concentrations during early fetal development -- that may affect the child's development and increase the mother's risk for breast and ovarian cancer years later -- are significantly affected by maternal age, body mass index and race rather than lifestyle, according to a Rutgers study.

5 Feb 2019

Researchers unravel path of metallodrug in a breast cancer cell

Some types of cancer cannot be treated with classical chemotherapy. Scientists from Inserm, CNRS, Sorbonne University, PSL university, University Grenoble Alpes and ESRF, the European Synchrotron, are working on a metallorganic molecule as an antitumor drug.

4 Feb 2019

Breast cancer risk highest two decades after childbirth finds study

According to new research, women are at a highest risk of breast cancer, more than two decades after having given birth. This finding comes along with another in a separate study that reveals that breast cancers occurring after childbirth are more likely to spread compared to breast cancers in women who never had children.

3 Feb 2019

Warmer water and chemical exposure influence gene expression in North American fish

Warmer water temperatures, combined with low-level exposure to chemicals already known to be harmful to aquatic life, influence the expression of genes in the offspring of an abundant North American fish species - and threaten organisms whose sex determination is sensitive to water temperature.

1 Feb 2019

The connection between the Pope and contraceptive pills

Millions of women around the world use the combined hormonal oral contraceptive pill whcih has been around the past six decades. The usual method advised is a 21 day cycle of the pill followed by a 7 day break when the woman bleeds.

22 Jan 2019

Genetic factors influence where fat is stored in our bodies

A recent study from Uppsala University has found that whether you store your fat around the trunk or in other parts of your body is highly influenced by genetic factors and that this effect is present predominantly in women and to a much lower extent in men.

21 Jan 2019

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Latest Estrogen News and Research

Researchers outline targeted therapeutic strategy for triple-negative breast cancer

Cocktail of chemicals in the mother inhibits child growth

Neuron-derived estrogen key to making memories

New identified biomarker predicts patients who might benefit from HER2-targeted agents

Innovative compound offers a new therapeutic approach to treat multiple sclerosis

The high cost of sex: Insurers often don’t pay for drugs to treat problems

Hormone therapy during gender transition may increase risk for cardiovascular events

Study finds link between endocrine-disrupting chemicals and equine metabolic syndrome

Study investigates the role of estrogen in controlling glucose homeostasis

Contraceptive pill may impair women's ability to recognize emotions

New PET imaging agent may help measure efficacy or failure of hormone therapy for breast cancer

Hormonal cycles may make women more prone to drug addiction, higher relapse rates

MUSC researchers examine the way estrogen affects drug addiction

Drug treating breast cancer may be effective in treating lung and ovarian cancer

Study: Maternal age, body mass index, race affect hormone concentrations in pregnancy

Researchers unravel path of metallodrug in a breast cancer cell

Breast cancer risk highest two decades after childbirth finds study

Warmer water and chemical exposure influence gene expression in North American fish

The connection between the Pope and contraceptive pills

Genetic factors influence where fat is stored in our bodies

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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