S-equol, a soy derived drug, might be the secret to treating Menopause symptoms such as hot flushes.

S-equol has shown great promise in trails and can be produced in the body by a special enzyme that only 20% of the Australian population has; however 80% of the Asian population has the enzyme which explains the lower rates of Menopause symptoms in Asian populations.

The drug is being trialed further in leading hospitals throughout New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria.

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Future Science Group explains that “a new study undertaken in Zambia shows that, using setting-appropriate human resources and technology, morbidity and mortality from cervical cancer among HIV-infected women can be reduced. The study’s lead author is Dr Groesbeck Parham, Professor of Gynecologic Oncology and Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Director of the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Program. ”

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