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Healthy Lifestyle Triggers Genetic Changes, Says Study

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Posted: Tue., June 17, 2008, 07:10 am
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Topics: Weight Management, hormone therapy, prostate cancer, radiation, surgery, News
     

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic changes at the genetic level, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

In a small study, the researchers tracked 30 men with low-risk prostate cancer who decided against conventional medical treatment such as surgery and radiation or hormone therapy.

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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Increases Stroke Risk Say Researchers at Harvard Medical School

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Posted: Mon., April 28, 2008, 04:30 pm
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Topics: Arrhythmia, Heart & Blood, Menopause, clotting, Estrogen, hormone replacement therapy, hormone therapy, HRT, Medical School, Medication, Postmenopausal, Research, Treatments - Traditional, women, EmpowHer News
     

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- No matter when postmenopausal women start hormone replacement therapy (HRT), high doses of the treatment increase their risk of stroke, a new study finds.
     
     
     
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