Acupuncture has been studied for its benefits for women who are postmenopausal. A new study shows acupuncture can also help women being treated for breast cancer who take hormones that cause frequent and sometimes sleep interrupting hot flashes. Acupuncture may be a better alternative for women with hot flashes from menopause, or because of breast cancer treatment. Acupuncture for hot flashes has been found to be as effective as drug therapy, without the side effects in both cases. Hormone therapy during menopause increases breast cancer risk, limiting options for women. Studies regarding black cohosh and red clover failed to prove benefit for hot flashes, making acupuncture an alternative remedy for [...]
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Common pain medicine used with aspirin increases heart attack risk
by on 28. Dec, 2009 in Health News
Individuals who take aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke, combined with common anti-inflammatory medications like Celebrex, may be at increased risk for the occurrence of a cardiovascular event. The new findings provide a warning to patients taking aspirin who also take anti-inflammatory medicines, known as COX2 inhibitors, coxibs, or NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory) medications, that are commonly used for pain. The findings, published in the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), show that people who use aspirin and the popular pain medications, frequently used to treat arthritis and pain from acute injury, are reducing the effectiveness of aspirin, putting their health at risk from the potential for blood clots. Medications such [...]
Cancer cells self seed, promoting tumor growth and metastasis
by on 27. Dec, 2009 in Health News
New research published December 24 2009 in the journal Cell, shows that cancer cells can self-seed, causing increased tumor growth and metastasis. Until now, the process of how cancer spreads to distant organs was not known, and thought to be the result of tumor growth alone. The findings are important, and shed new light on the future of cancer treatment. The new findings that cancer cells self-seed means that malignant cancer cells find their way back to the primary tumor. Signals sent out from the cancer tumor attract those cells back. When that occurs, cancer cells then become aggressive, metastasize and grow. The research leading to the discovery was performed [...]
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