With Pfizer and plaintiffs' lawyers squabbling over who has won the most hormone replacement therapy trials, only one thing about the litigation is clear: It's turning into one of the longest- running mass torts in U.S. history. I believe that this is now the longest-running MDL with no inventory settlements and no mass settlements in sight," said Zoe Littlepage, a partner at Littlepage Booth in Houston and lead plaintiffs' counsel in the federal multi-district litigation.
Findings Announced at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 7th Annual Meeting CARLSBAD, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Results from a retrospective, case-control study presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 7th Annual Meeting could have significant implications for women at risk of brain aneurysms as data shows that oral contraceptives (OC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may yield the additional benefit of protecting against the formation and/or rupture of brain aneurysms - balloon-like sacks that form in a weakened artery wall and, upon bursting, can cause severe disability or death. The study represents one of 130 abstracts submitted to SNIS for consideration for presentation at what has become the premier scientific forum ...
With age comes wisdom. And for many women, age also brings hot flashes, vaginal dryness and moodiness. This is menopause, the time in a woman's life when her menstrual periods stop. That's something many women would look forward to if the change were swift and uneventful. Alas, that is not usually the case. During perimenopause (the time leading up to menopause) and menopause, women may experience hot flashes, moodiness, sleep disturbances, declining sexual desire and weight change. Declining levels of estrogen, along with other hormonal changes, are usually responsible for the discomfort women suffer.
DEAR DR. GOTT: Please give some advice on hormone-replacement therapy. I am 52 and have been married to my second husband for nearly 10 years. We have enjoyed a wonderful intimate relationship, but now, as I approach menopause, I feel that I am losing interest, and I don't want that to happen. I have friends who rave about what hormone-replacement therapy has done for them. I'm interested but not comfortable discussing the topic with my male doctor.
Proceedings have started in the latest bellwether trial in hormone replacement therapy mass tort litigation in state court in Pennsylvania. Cheryl Foust, 56, of Abingdon, Ind., died in 2005 after taking Prempro from 1999 until 2003, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
A federal jury in Little Rock, Ark., awarded $27 million to a woman who developed breast cancer after using a combination of hormone replacement drugs, Prempro and Premarin, produced by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. The suit also named Upjohn Co., which manufactures a similar product called Provera. Donna Scroggin of Little Rock was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, following her use of Provera to treat symptoms of menopause. Scroggin began taking the Prempro drug in 1989, and switched to the combination therapy in 1996. After being diagnosed with invasive cancer in both breasts, Scroggin underwent chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.
www.davidkatzmd.com It may well be that from a cold, biological perspective, menopause and the somewhat controversial male counterpart, andropause, are not supposed to happen. The median age of menopause onset in the United States is about 50. Until well into the Neolithic era, as recently as 5,000 years ago or so, average lifespan was less than 40. Virtually no one lived to experience menopause.
A look at some of the major sectors in the anti-aging industry: Hormone replacement therapy
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