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Common Photosensitizing Drugs Increase Skin Cancer Risk

TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 – Some commonly prescribed photosensitizing drugs increase skin cancer risk, according to a study published online March 18 in Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & ...

Certain Birth Control Pills, Devices Linked to Higher Heart Risks

THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2025 – The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study finds. Contraceptive vaginal rings...

Estrogen May Trigger Binge Drinking, Prelim Study Suggests

TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2024 – A woman’s binge drinking might be related to her hormones. The female hormone estrogen appears to promote binge drinking in women, a new mouse study published recently in t...

Some HRT Pills May Pose Special Risk for Blood Clots

THURSDAY, Nov. 28, 2024 – Certain hormone replacement therapy pills appear to increase the risk of heart disease and serious blood clots in women going through menopause, a new study says....

Short-Term Hormone Therapy for Menopause Won't Harm Women's Brains

FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 – Four years of hormone replacement therapy to help women deal with menopausal symptoms causes no harm to the brain, even over the long term, new research shows. "In the...

Hormone Tx Tied to Reductions in Insulin Resistance

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – Hormone therapy (HT) is associated with significantly reduced insulin resistance in healthy postmenopausal women, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of...

Many Women Continue Using Menopausal Hormone Therapy Beyond Age 65 Years

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – Many women older than 65 years have validated menopausal symptoms severely affecting their quality of life and continue to use menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), according...

Long-Term Study of Postmenopausal Women Does Not Support Many Preventive Therapies

THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 – The longitudinal Women's Health Initiative trials do not support hormone therapy for cardiovascular disease prevention, calcium and vitamin D supplementation for universal...

Major Women's Health Study Supports Hormone Replacement Therapy in Early Menopause

WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – Hormone replacement therapy can safely ease middle-aged women’s symptoms during early menopause, data from a major women’s health study show. Women younger than 60 can use ho...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Olympia Pharmacy Sterile Compounded Products: Recall - Concerns About Sterility Assurance

  [Posted 05/30/2013] ISSUE: Lowlite Investments d/b/a Olympia Pharmacy ("Lowlite") notified the public of a voluntary multi-state recall of all sterile drug products compounded by the pharmacy that ...

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