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Can estrogen improve vaginal health for postmenopausal women?

Can estrogen improve vaginal health for postmenopausal women?

From the Fredricks lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions
Science SpotlightJune 20, 2022
Drinking after breast cancer won’t raise mortality risk, study shows

Drinking after breast cancer won’t raise mortality risk, study shows

Alcohol use after breast cancer doesn’t increase your chances of dying of the disease, new study shows, but it does increase overall cancer risk
Hutch NewsJune 10, 2016
Phone therapy helps older women get their sleep

Phone therapy helps older women get their sleep

New study shows significant improvement in menopausal women’s insomnia after receiving simple intervention
Hutch NewsMay 23, 2016
Women's Health Initiative’s landmark hormone replacement research 10 years after

Women's Health Initiative’s landmark hormone replacement research 10 years after

Seminal study found significantly higher risk of heart disease, stroke, breast cancer from combined hormone replacement therapy; as a result, 15,000-20,000 fewer breast cancer cases each year
Hutch NewsJune 25, 2012
Moderate weight loss reduces levels of breast cancer-linked hormones

Moderate weight loss reduces levels of breast cancer-linked hormones

Dr. Anne McTiernan finds lifestyle changes lower blood estrogen levels in overweight and obese postmenopausal women, may reduce risk of most common breast cancers
Hutch NewsMay 29, 2012
McTiernan, Guenthoer awarded Komen grants for breast cancer research

McTiernan, Guenthoer awarded Komen grants for breast cancer research

Anne McTiernan's $250,000 grant extends her vitamin D work; Jamie Guenthoer to develop early detection blood test with $180,000 award
Hutch NewsMay 29, 2012
Weight loss reduces inflammation related to cancer

Weight loss reduces inflammation related to cancer

Anne McTiernan-led study shows that postmenopausal women who lost at least 5 percent of their body weight reduced inflammation markers related to several cancers
Hutch NewsMay 07, 2012
Online guide aids breast cancer prevention decisions

Online guide aids breast cancer prevention decisions

Mateo Banegas, colleagues show Web-based tool successful helping women with high breast cancer risk understand medical options
Hutch NewsApril 23, 2012
Breast cancer: Estrogen-only pills may cut long-term risk

Breast cancer: Estrogen-only pills may cut long-term risk

Led by Garnet Anderson, latest Women's Health Initiative study shows more than 20 percent reduction in cancer risk, 63 percent reduction in deaths for short-term estrogen users
Hutch NewsMarch 12, 2012
WHI analysis links NSAID use with lower colorectal cancer mortality

WHI analysis links NSAID use with lower colorectal cancer mortality

PHS presentation clarifies the importance of different durations of nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory drug use on risk of dying from colorectal cancer
Hutch NewsOctober 31, 2011
‘A promising new way to prevent breast cancer’

‘A promising new way to prevent breast cancer’

Multinational ExCel study finds drug exemestane significantly reduces risk of breast cancer in high risk, postmenopausal women; Center among clinical trial sites
Hutch NewsJune 13, 2011