Hormone replacement therapy perspectives. [PDF]
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also known as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), was looked upon as a fountain of youth that kept women young and reduced cardiovascular disease. This led to a large-scale study called the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) that was conducted to show the cardiovascular benefits of HRT.
Kissinger D.
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Hormone replacement therapy [PDF]
Martha Hickey, Jane Elliott, Sonia Louise ...
Davison, S., Elliott, C., Hickey, M.
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Oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy, thrombophilias and risk of venous thromboembolism: a systematic review The Thrombosis: Risk and Economic Assessment of Thrombophilia Screening (TREATS) Study [PDF]
Combined oral contraceptives,oral hormone replacement therapy and thrombophilias are recognised risk factors for venous thromboembolism in women.The objective of this study was to assess the risk of thromboembolism among women with thrombophilia who are ...
Brenkel, I.+10 more
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Abstract Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is one of the more frequently prescribed treatments in the modern practice of gynaecology. Many hours of consultations in clinics are spent discussing HRT. Patients request it and doctors suggest it more and more frequently, convinced of its undoubted beneficial effects.
John C, Stevenson, Malcolm I, Whitehead
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Increase in circulating levels of cardiac natriuretic peptides after hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women [PDF]
The mechanisms that mediate the cardioprotective action of steroid hormones in postmenopausal women are poorly understood. To study the inter-relationship between female steroid hormones and cardiac natriuretic peptides, plasma levels of atrial ...
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Quality of life and cognitive function in patients with pituitary insufficiency [PDF]
This review is concerned with the psychosocial functioning and the quality of life in patients with pituitary insufficiency who are receiving conventional hormone replacement therapy.
Burman, P., Deijen, J.B.
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Fractures in pituitary adenoma patients from the Dutch National Registry of Growth Hormone Treatment in Adults [PDF]
Purpose: The effects of growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy on fracture risk in adult GH deficient (GHD) patients with different etiologies of pituitary GHD are not well known, due to limited data.
Bunderen, C.C. (Christa) van+5 more
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Women's attitudes to hormone replacement therapy in the aftermath of the Women's Health Initiative study [PDF]
To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links fieldAIM: This paper is a report of a study conducted in 2004 on the determinants of attitudes towards hormone replacement therapy in the aftermath ...
Olafsson, Ragnar F, Sveinsdottir, Herdis
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Hormone replacement therapy in hypopituitarism [PDF]
This article brings an updated review of hypopituitarism with emphasis in hormone replacement therapy. The physiological basis of hormone replacement therapy and practical aspects of treating hypopituitary patients were both taken into account to provide
Abucham, Julio+4 more
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Long-term hormone replacement therapy [PDF]
Reproduced with permission from Australian Prescriber The document attached has been archived with permission from the publisher/copyright holderAlastair H ...
MacLennan, A.
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