New Nonhormonal Drug Approved to Treat Menopause Symptoms
2025-10-27
The once-daily pill elinzanetant is expected to be available within weeksContinue Reading
When You Start Hormone Therapy In Menopause Matters
2025-10-22
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For women weighing whether to use estrogen to manage hot flashes, sleep issues and other bothersome symptoms as menopause approaches, it may make sense not to wait. New research shows that perimenopausal women who had used estrogen for at least 10 years before theirContinue Reading
GI Problems Common In Menopause, Study Says
2025-10-21
TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Menopause is typically associated with hot flashes, night sweats and memory lapses – but new research suggests GI problems might be an overlooked issue that also occur with this change of life. A striking 94% out of nearly 600 U.K. women 44 toContinue Reading
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Wildfire Smoke Might Damage Male Fertility
2025-10-09
THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Wildfire smoke could be damaging men’s fertility, according to a new study. Key measures of sperm quality appeared to drop among dozens of men participating in fertility treatments, researchers recently reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility. “These results reinforce growing evidence thatContinue Reading
FDA May Ease Warning on Hormone Therapy for Menopause Symptoms
2025-10-06
MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing whether to change the warning label on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs used to treat menopause symptoms, a move many experts say is long overdue. “We are in serious discussions now about what toContinue Reading
Menopause Doesn’t Affect MS Progression, Major Study Concludes
2025-10-03
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Menopause does not increase symptoms and disability among women with multiple sclerosis, a major new study has concluded. Some experts had been concerned that fluctuating hormone levels associated with menopause might affect severity of the neurodegenerative disease, researchers said. MS disability notably increasesContinue Reading
Kennedy Says FDA Reviewing Safety of Abortion Pill Mifepristone
2025-09-29
MONDAY, Sept. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing the safety of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions for 25 years, amid a push from conservative state attorneys general and anti-abortion groups. The announcement was made in a letter from Health andContinue Reading
New Pill Treats Menopause Hot Flashes Without Hormones
2025-09-25
THURSDAY, Sept. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental pill can significantly reduce hot flashes and night sweats for women after menopause, a new clinical trial has determined. Elinzanetant produced a nearly 74% reduction in the frequency and severity of these menopause symptoms within three months, researchers reported recently inContinue Reading
Mammograms May Still Save Lives for Women in Their 80s, Study Finds
2025-09-24
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Though most guidelines recommend mammograms up to age 74, new research suggests they can be valuable for women in their 80s, detecting breast cancer earlier and increasing chances of survival. The research — published in the Annals of Surgical Oncology — reviewed medicalContinue Reading
Women With Dense Breasts Benefit From Advanced Cancer Screening Procedures
2025-09-24
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women with dense breasts could benefit from an advanced cancer screening procedure called molecular breast imaging (MBI), a new study says. The procedure more than doubled the detection of advanced breast cancers when combined with 3D mammography, researchers reported Sept. 23 in theContinue Reading
Teen Develops Rare Vaginal Cancer Typically Found In Older Women
2025-09-23
TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Liliana “Lili” Casteneda had what she thought was her first period at the age of 14, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But then her monthly bleeding turned into daily bleeding, and the bleeding got so bad Casteneda soaked through pads inContinue Reading
Can Mammograms Assess Women’s Heart Health?
2025-09-17
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Regular mammograms might offer a “two-for-one” opportunity to protect women’s health, a new study says. Mammograms can be used to successfully predict heart disease risk in women, on top of their ability to detect early breast cancers, researchers reported Sept. 16 in theContinue Reading
Timing Of Menopause Hormone Therapy Key To Protecting Brain From Alzheimer’s
2025-09-17
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hormone replacement therapy might protect a woman’s brain against Alzheimer’s disease, but only if the timing’s right, researchers say. Women who start hormone therapy within five years of menopause can lower their Alzheimer’s risk by as much as 32%, researchers reported this weekContinue Reading
Hormone Therapy For Menopause Might Provide Memory Boost
2025-08-29
FRIDAY, Aug. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hormone therapy for menopause might be able to boost memory, a new study says. What’s more, the specific type of hormone therapy used by a woman during and after menopause can have different effects on her memory, researchers found. Women using estradiol patchesContinue Reading