The October 1989 issue of the Harvard Medical School Health Letter noted, "Use of the female hormone estrogen during and after menopause is becoming more common, because the benefits are believed to outweigh the risks. As the ovaries cease producing estrogen, replacement minimizes the uncomfortable ...
HRT is a possible treatment for menopause symptoms. Your doctor may also refer to the treatment ashormone therapy, menopausal hormone therapy, andestrogenreplacement therapy. During menopause, your ovaries stop producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone. The drop in estrogen can cause uncomfortable...
The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the relief of menopausal symptoms and the prevention of osteoporotic fractures has been advocated for some time. More recently, it has been suggested that HRT may lead to a reduction in heart disease and stroke. These benefits have to be weighed...
(HealthDay)—Healthy women at low risk of cardiovascular disease may be able to take hormone replacement therapy soon after menopause for a short time without harming their hearts, according to a new study. Previous studies, including the large-scale Women's Health Initiative, found that hormone ...
Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy. What is the Future ?Not availableNot availablePatel, Babu SMunshi, Atul PJK ScienceJk Science Journal of Medical Education & ResearchPatel BS, Munshi AP. Menopause and hormone replacement therapy: what is the future? J Med Educ and Res 2006;8:57-59...
If prescribed before age 60 years and within 10 years after menopause, the benefits of menopausal hormone therapy outweigh the risks, according to a new global consensus statement.
Hormone Replacementdoi:10.1007/3-540-30683-8_794Hormone replacement is the administration of a hormonally active compound to compensate for the absence of a natural hormone, for example estrogen after menopause.Springer Berlin Heidelberg
E.PaolettiR.SomaM. R.WoodfordF. P.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGYCrosignani PG, Kenemans P, Paoletti R, Soma MR, Woodford FP. Hor- mone replacement and the menopause: a European position paper. Writing Group on Women's Health of the Fondazione Giovanni...
Menopause Symptoms Treatments General Articles Almost all menopausal women have heard about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) being the magic cure for their symptoms. Nevertheless, there is a plethora of information to be known before pursing treatment. Continue reading to learn all about HRT, includi...
Hormone therapy can benefit women's health duringmenopause, according to new research.In the study, published Thursday inJAMA Network Open, researchers looked at more than 100,000 women in the U.K. and found being on hormone replacement therapy seems to slow biological aging."In this study, ...