Researchers at American University in Washington, D.C. (click here) studied the rapid response that takes place in the brains of zebra finches in response to trauma and found that estrogen, produced by glial cells in the brain in response to injury, has the ability to control excessive inflammation.
These findings might represent a new approach to control excessive brain inflammation, a condition that has neurodegenerative effects and is associated with many conditions such as Parkinson’s disease.
The research results were presented by study leader Prof. Colin Saldanha at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D.C. The research by Saldanha’s group has been funded for more than a decade by the U.S. National Institutes of Health because of its potential application in treating neurodegenerative diseases....
Of course estrogen is a hormone. Hormones are steroids. Estrogen-dependent cancers are dangerous tumors. I think the use of estrogen is a mistake. There are herbal compounds found over the counter is a far better idea. There are also teas that actually result in a mild analgesic. The idea is to consult a herbalist before taking estrogen to reduce the symptoms of breast cancer. The survival rate of breast cancer is always improving. The best way to battle the cancer is trust people that provide the best path and advise. Estrogen dependent tumors should not be encouraged by use of the hormone.
February 22, 2016
The nation's gynecologists (click here) say that breast cancer survivors should have the option of using topical estrogen to relieve symptoms such as painful sex and urinary tract infections.
Women with estrogen-dependent breast cancer are generally told to avoid the hormone because it can fuel recurrence. But topical vaginal estrogen doesn't seem to have those risks, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said on Monday.
As many as 20 percent of breast cancer patients taking medications to block estrogen quit the therapy or consider quitting because of the side effects, which include vaginal dryness and bleeding, ACOG says.
Topical estrogen is a common treatment for these problems, also known as vaginal atrophy, which can crop up with menopause. Oral hormone treatments have been linked to increased cancer risk, but vaginal estrogen is taken at a lower dosage and doesn't travel through the body in the same way. This local treatment comes in a ring, tablet or cream that goes into the vagina....
Of course estrogen is a hormone. Hormones are steroids. Estrogen-dependent cancers are dangerous tumors. I think the use of estrogen is a mistake. There are herbal compounds found over the counter is a far better idea. There are also teas that actually result in a mild analgesic. The idea is to consult a herbalist before taking estrogen to reduce the symptoms of breast cancer. The survival rate of breast cancer is always improving. The best way to battle the cancer is trust people that provide the best path and advise. Estrogen dependent tumors should not be encouraged by use of the hormone.
February 22, 2016
The nation's gynecologists (click here) say that breast cancer survivors should have the option of using topical estrogen to relieve symptoms such as painful sex and urinary tract infections.
Women with estrogen-dependent breast cancer are generally told to avoid the hormone because it can fuel recurrence. But topical vaginal estrogen doesn't seem to have those risks, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said on Monday.
As many as 20 percent of breast cancer patients taking medications to block estrogen quit the therapy or consider quitting because of the side effects, which include vaginal dryness and bleeding, ACOG says.
Topical estrogen is a common treatment for these problems, also known as vaginal atrophy, which can crop up with menopause. Oral hormone treatments have been linked to increased cancer risk, but vaginal estrogen is taken at a lower dosage and doesn't travel through the body in the same way. This local treatment comes in a ring, tablet or cream that goes into the vagina....
