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Article: A jab in the neck may alleviate hot flashes in breast cancer patients
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- The Hindustan Times
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- May 15, 2008
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London, May 15 -- Now a jab in the neck may help relieve the severity of unbearable hot flashes and night awakenings that come with breast cancer treatment, says a new study.
This nerve block, named "stellate" ganglion block, given in the neck of breast cancer survivors may reduce hot flashes and sleep dysfunctions that plague breast cancer survivors, especially those who take anti-estrogen medications. This will outdo conventional treatments, which are not fully effective and may carry serious risks.
Early research has indicated that the severity, frequency and duration of these hot flashes experienced by breast cancer ...