BACKGROUND The selection of therapies for breast cancer is today based on prognostic features (chemotherapy, radiotherapy), hormone receptor status (hormonal therapy) and HER-2 status (trastuzumab therapy). HER-2, p53 and BCL-2 are tumour-related proteins that have the potential to further improve individualisation of patient management, by predicting response to chemotherapy, hormonal therapy ...

Long relegated to the backwaters of neuroendocrinology, it is becoming increasingly apparent that glial cells of the central and peripheral nervous system are key participants because they are capable of both sending and receiving hormonal signals. Hormones are also a critical component of neuronal/glial cross talk, leading to neuromodulatory and neurotrophic actions under physiological and pat...

background: atrazine (atr) is used as an agriculture herbicide worldwide. it has been shown that atr adversely affect the reproductive system in rodents. in this study we aimed to evaluate the impact of chronic exposure to atrazine (atr) on male testicular tissue, sperm parameters, serum level of total thiol molecules (ttm) and malodialdehyde (mda) content of testes. methods: to follow-up this ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article discusses hormonal milestones and the influence that hormonal fluctuations make in the frequency and severity of migraine in women and includes information on acute, short-term, and preventive strategies for hormonally influenced migraine and the situations in which hormonal therapies may be offered. RECENT FINDINGS Genomic patterns in adolescent girls different...

Women's health nurses and nurse practitioners have a unique opportunity to provide high-quality primary and preventive care and play a critical role in coordinating and delivering effective contraceptive methods. The strategies and techniques that they routinely employ during counseling and education can help improve women's adoption and appropriate use of contraceptive methods.

[This corrects the article on p. 424 in vol. 6, PMID: 26113852.].

objective: to compare the hormonal status in postmenopausal women with and without metabolic syndrome. materials and methods: in this cross sectional study 110 postmenopausal women were enrolled. participants completed a questionnaire and underwent a medical exam and serum evaluation for serum lipids including cholesterol (chol), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (hdl), low density lipoprote...

abstract it is becoming evident that oral hormonal contraceptives –besides being well established contraceptives – seem to become important medications for many functional or organic disturbances. so far, clinical effectiveness has been shown for treatment as well as prevention of menstrual bleeding disorders and menstrual-related pain symptoms. also this is true for premenstrual syndrome (pms)...