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Filter by:Women who experience hot flashes are at greater risk for hypertension and other cardiovascular disease. Neurovascular control mechanisms are likely to play an important role in this relationship. As such, these studies are designed to provide a major step forward in understanding the link between hot flashes and neurovascular dysfunction and, by extension, cardiovascular disease in women.
To obtain new data allowing personalizing continuous hormonal therapy in perimenopausal women in Russia, the following clinical study is going to be conducted in the Russian Federation:
Hot flashes are a common and debilitating symptom among prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Strong evidence from multiple rigorously designed studies indicated that venlafaxine provides partial relief, but the tolerability is poor when the dose is not tapered. Hence, an alternative therapy is needed. Previous studies reported that acupuncture may be helpful in the management of hot flashes. However, the insufficient randomized controlled trial limited the quality of evidence.
The investigators plan to conduct the randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of electro-press needle (EPN), a novel acupuncture needle combining shallow and gentle insertion with transdermal electrical stimulation, on menopause-associated hot flash in comparison with waiting-list group among women during menopausal transition and postmenopausal periods.
This study investigates the effect and predictors of static stretching exercise on hot flush in women after performing 4-week stretching exercises.
The success of treatment of breast cancer has improved, hence the prevalence of survivors have increased. However, experienced late effects from the cancer itself or from cancer treatment is substantial. Anti-cancer treatment can have a number of side effects including nausea, fatigue, vomiting, anorexia and alopecia. Late effects such as cancer related fatigue (CRF) are very persistent. CRF is a common side effect of cancer therapy, and affects the quality of life of patients and their families. It is important to point out that CRF is a form of fatigue that are different from normal fatigue which everyone can experience every now and then. Acupuncture is increasingly used in cancer centers both in the US and Europe, and that patients are positive to using acupuncture. Albeit the emerging evidence for acupuncture and CRF, acupuncture has neither been offered as a treatment for CRF within a Norwegian hospital nor in general practice. Hence the investigators think there is a need for a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) in a Norwegian health care setting.
Object:The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of sticking and massaging auricular points for the management of hot flashes in postoperative breast cancer patients.
50 menopausal women with the diagnosis of hot flushes were randomized to 1 of 2 groups Group (A): It consists of 25 women who practiced treadmill exercise program for 30 minutes at 60% to 70% of maximum heart rate. The treatment sessions will be repeated 3 times per week for 12 weeks. Group (B): It consists of 25 women who received diet modification contains soy products (phytoestrogen) such as soy milk and soy beans every day for 12 weeks only.
Patients will be randomly assigned to two separate groups. Both patient groups will be evaluated using the WHOQOL-BREF questionaire. Evaluations will be carried out just before the study begins and at intervals of six months during a period of one year for a total of three evaluations. Group one will be made up of patients who will begin homeopathy or acupuncture or anthroposophic medicine treatment and patients from group two will start homeopathy or acupuncture or anthroposophic medicine six months after the beginning of the study. Each one of these three research branches will be done independently (Homeopathy versus control; Acupuncture versus control; Anthroposophic Medicine versus control). Conventional medical treatment will be available for all patients in both groups. A data sheet will be filled out on each patient with data as to age, education level, marital status and the patient's own perception of their health status. During the interviews the interviewer will have no influence whatsoever over the respondents' answers. Integrative/complementary or traditional medicine doctors do not participate in the research and will not be informed about which patients are participating in this project, and as such the research will be blinded for these doctors. Minitab software, version 16, was used for sample calculation through the module Power and Sample Size. Sample calculation option for paired t-tests before and after intervention demonstrated the need to randomize 906 patients: 450 patients for homeopathy branch (225 patients in the homeopathy group and 225 patients in the control group), 228 patients for acupuncture branch (114 patients in the acupuncture group and 114 patients in the control group), and 228 patients for anthroposophic medicine branch (114 patients in the anthroposophic medicine group and 114 patients in the control group).
This is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, crossover study. The purpose of this study is to determine whether Farabloc fabric is effective in alleviation of hot flash symptoms in menopausal women. This study will require all prospective participants to fill out a week of Hot Flash Diary to determine eligibility before beginning the study. All prospective participants will be assessed for hot flash frequency, hot flash distress and hot flash severity according to their perception in the Hot Flash Diary during the experimental period.