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Follow the links below to find systematic reviews of the evidence for treatments related to or using hormones.
Reviewed September 2009
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Atrial natriuretic peptide for preventing and treating acute kidney injury
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a generic term for an abrupt and sustained decrease in kidney function resulting in retention of nitrogenous (urea and creatinine) and a fall in urine output. Sepsis (infection), shock, trauma, kidney stones, kidney infectio...
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Aug 2009
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Thyroid hormones for preventing neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Thyroid hormones are needed for the normal growth and maturity of the central nervous system, as well as the heart and lungs. Children born without sufficient thyroid hormones can develop serious mental retardation. It is believed that low levels of thy...
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Feb 2009
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Hormonal versus non-hormonal contraceptives in women with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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It is important for women with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 to receive good advice which contraceptive method is best to use. Unplanned pregnancies can lead to serious health issues for both mother and child in women with diabetes. Yet, hormonal contr...
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Dec 2008
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Strategies to improve adherence and acceptability of hormonal methods of contraception
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Hormonal types of birth control are used by many women worldwide. The most common hormonal methods are birth control pills and injections. These methods often do not work as well as they could. Women may have problems using the birth control as planned....
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Apr 2008
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Ovulation triggers in anovulatory women undergoing ovulation induction
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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When infertility is due to failure of an egg to grow (anovulation) fertility drugs are used to stimulate growth. When the egg reaches maturity, as judged by ultrasound, its release (ovulation) is often prompted by use of an ovulation trigger in the beli...
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Feb 2008
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Cyclical progestogens for heavy menstrual bleeding
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Progestagens may offer some help in reducing heavy menstrual bleeding but are not as effective as other therapies such as danazol and tranexamic acid. Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is when a woman looses 80 ml or more of blood per menstrual cycle (peri...
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Sep 2007
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Megestrol acetate for treatment of anorexia-cachexia syndrome
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Megestrol acetate improves appetite and weight gain in patients with anorexia cachexia syndrome related to cancer.Megestrol acetate's mechanism of action is unknown. There are concerns regarding the possible recommendations for this drug; particularly i...
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Aug 2007
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Steroid hormones for contraception in men
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Researchers have tried to develop contraceptives for men that would be like birth control pills for women. Hormone birth control for men has been hard to achieve. Giving sex hormones to men can lower the sperm produced. However, this approach also lower...
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Dec 2006
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Clomiphene citrate for unexplained subfertility in women
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Clomiphene citrate is a fertility drug that can increase the number of eggs released for possible fertilisation. It is used by women who do not ovulate regularly and by some who do but still have not become pregnant. Clomiphene citrate does not appear t...
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Nov 2006
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Postnatal thyroid hormones for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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In preterm infants with breathing problems after birth, there is no evidence that thyroid hormone treatment given immediately after delivery reduces the severity of breathing difficulties or improves outcomes. Infants born prematurely are at risk of bre...
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Oct 2006
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Chemotherapy alone versus endocrine therapy alone for metastatic breast cancer
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. If the cancer has spread beyond the breast (metastatic disease), treatments include chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs) and endocrine therapy (also known as hormonal treatment). Endocrine therapy is mainly ...
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Aug 2006
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Erythropoietin or Darbepoetin for patients with cancer
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Blood transfusions are one choice of treatment for severe cancer-related anaemia, i.e. haemoglobin level below 8 g/dl. Human erythropoietin is a glycoprotein hormone produced in the kidney. Recombinant human erythropoietin is used to prevent and treat a...
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May 2006
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Calcitonin for metastatic bone pain
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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People who have cancer which has spread to their bones and the nerves adjacent to the bones often suffer severe pain. There are several treatments to help relieve this pain: radiotherapy; analgesic (pain relieving) drugs such as opioids; and bone modula...
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May 2006
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Aromatase inhibitors for treatment of advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Advanced (or metastatic) breast cancer is cancer that has spread beyond the breast. Endocrine therapy removes the influence of oestrogen on breast cancer cells and can prevent the cells from growing and spreading in early breast cancer if the tumour is ...
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Sep 2005
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Intravenous secretin for autism spectrum disorder
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Secretin is a gastro-intestinal hormone which has been presented as an effective treatment for autism based on anecdotal evidence. This review of thirteen randomised studies found no evidence that single or multiple dose intravenous secretin is effectiv...
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Mar 2005
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