Word: estrogen
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...course, [my boyfriend] and my parents went to dinner with his parents and his dad interrogated the waitress for 15 minutes about the wine. And then on his birthday, his mom passed out at the table in the middle of her sentence telling my mom about estrogen replacement therapy because she is Korean and allergic to alcohol in large quantities and had had too much champagne and we all tried to pretend that nothing had happened even though she was lying passed out on the table. Then she revived and it was like nothing had happened...
This is sweet: the FDA has okayed an all-natural progesterone derived from Mexican yams for use, along with estrogen, in hormone-replacement therapy. Called Prometrium, it's identical to progesterone in a woman's body. As a side benefit, it raises good cholesterol more effectively than today's synthetic progesterones...
...start with the more complicated case. Doctors have used tamoxifen, first of the so-called designer estrogens, to treat breast cancer for 25 years. In that time, they've learned that the drug works by starving tumors that feed on estrogen. But could tamoxifen also stop a tumor before it starts? Last spring U.S. researchers reported with great fanfare that tamoxifen can indeed decrease the risk of developing breast cancer as much...
...sort this out. Many women think they're at high risk when they're not; just because your aunt developed breast cancer doesn't mean you'll get it. Moreover, researchers are starting a new breast-cancer-prevention trial comparing tamoxifen with raloxifene, another anti-estrogen, which in limited testing showed fewer side effects...
Moore, aware of increased risk of postmenopausal heart disease, would worry if a patient was overweight. Excess body fat tends to negate estrogen's protective effect on the heart. She would point out that foods rich in folate, beta carotene and vitamins A, B6, C and E offer protection against heart disease and cancer. Eating a balanced diet consisting of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, protein sources such as poultry and fish, along with nuts and olive, peanut and canola oils can supply these nutrients...