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• Vitamin D a potential steroid sparing treatment in asthma
• Death risk from advanced prostate cancer increased in younger men
• High rate of NICU, hospitalizations in ART twins
• Intravaginal DHEA effective treatment for postmenopausal sexual dysfunction
• Postmenopausal hormone therapy improves aerobic capacity
• Estrogen sensitivity does not explain familial breast cancer
• Psoriasis medications available on the internet without prescription
• Young esophageal cancer patients ‘most likely women’

Vitamin D a potential steroid sparing treatment in asthma Posted: 25 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers who identified mechanisms by which vitamin D reduces inflammation in airway smooth muscle cells say the vitamin could reduce the dose of steroid treatment needed in patients with asthma.

Death risk from advanced prostate cancer increased in younger men Posted: 25 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Although younger prostate cancer patients have better overall outcomes than their older counterparts, those with advanced disease have a significantly increased risk for death, US study findings indicate.

High rate of NICU, hospitalizations in ART twins Posted: 24 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results suggest that twins conceived using assisted reproductive technology are more likely than spontaneously conceived twins to be admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit and be hospitalized within the first 3 years of life.

Intravaginal DHEA effective treatment for postmenopausal sexual dysfunction Posted: 24 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Combined androgenic/estrogenic stimulation in the three layers of the vagina through local transformation of dehydroepiandrosterone exerts important beneficial effects on sexual function in postmenopausal women without systemic action on the brain and other extravaginal tissue, phase III clinical trial results suggest.

Postmenopausal hormone therapy improves aerobic capacity Posted: 24 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT In the absence of hormone replacement therapy, periods of amenorrhea lasting more than 10 years worsen the maximum oxygen intake in obese and sarcopenic postmenopausal women, suggest study results.

Estrogen sensitivity does not explain familial breast cancer Posted: 19 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study findings suggest that estrogen sensitivity does not explain familial disposition to postmenopausal breast cancer.

Psoriasis medications available on the internet without prescription Posted: 14 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with psoriasis can purchase all available treatments over the internet, a study in France has shown.

Young esophageal cancer patients ‘most likely women’ Posted: 03 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Young patients with esophageal cancer have squamous cell carcinoma as the predominant histology and are more likely to be women than men, a Turkish study suggests.

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