BACKGROUND In Western countries hormone replacement therapy (HT) is widely used in the treatment of climacteric women who are affected with hot flashes and night sweats. Besides, long-term HT was frequently used to manage the higher risks for osteoporosis and heart attack in postmenopause. Estrogens alone or combined with progestin feature most frequently in HT. OBJECTIVES This HTA report add...

Oestrogen therapy is the gold standard treatment for hot flushes/night sweats, but it and oestrogen/progestin are not suitable for all women. MPA (medroxyprogesterone acetate) reduces hot flushes, but its effectiveness compared with oestrogen is unknown. In the present study, oral oestrogen [CEE (conjugated equine oestrogen)] and MPA were compared for their effects on hot flushes in a planned a...

An unusual presentation is reported of salmonellosis, frank haematuria and chronic septicaemia arising during an outbreak of food poisoning caused by Salmonella eimsbuettel. The patient whose gut was colonized gave a history of chronic pyrexia and weight loss and suffered an intermittent urinary infection but had no gastroenteritis.

A 63-yr-old male presented with a 20-day history of fever with chills, rigors, sweats and fatigue. He resided in the countryside and there was no history of recent travel to other countries. He had a past medical history of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (usual interstitial pneumonia confirmed by surgical biopsy) and the last 2 yrs he was taking daily azathioprine 100 mg per os and methylprednis...

There is a longstanding interest in the relationship between diet and hot flash symptoms during midlife, especially whether phytoestrogens ease menopausal symptoms. The purpose of this study was to examine flashes, night sweats, trouble sleeping, vaginal dryness relation intake foods rich among Bangladeshi women aged 35 59 years who were living either Sylhet, Bangladesh (n = 157) or as migrants...

Can you diagnose this case of a 50-year-old male with a 10-week history of high fever, mucopurulent cough, dyspnoea, right-sided chest pain, weight loss and night sweats 
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