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...authors suggested that the surge of maternal estrogen to the infant, which is correlated with higher birth weights, may be a factor that increases risk of breast cancer for the female fetus...
...Preliminary research suggests that postmenopausal women who have ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE diagnosed may benefit from estrogen therapy. The hormone appears to improve memory and attention span after even a single week...
...Women of a certain age may want to cultivate a taste for tofu. Menopausal HOT FLASHES are less severe in women who eat soy protein daily, research shows. Soy contains phytoestrogens, the plant form of the hormone estrogen, which is widely prescribed to relieve symptoms of menopause. In Japan, where diets are rich in soy, hot flashes are so rare that there is no common word for them...
...kappa opioids favor females? Could estrogen, the female hormone, somehow enhance the drugs' effectiveness, or might the male hormone, testosterone, hamper it? Another possibility, Levine suggests, is that women's brains have more--or more responsive--kappa receptors, enabling the kappa opioids to block pain more effectively...
...Sean Connery, Bruce Willis and other macho men with shiny pates may be shocked to learn that the female sex hormone estrogen could play a role in their HAIR LOSS. Preliminary research indicates hair grows when an estrogen-blocking ointment is applied to the follicles of bald mice. The finding may lead to new treatments for hair loss...