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The Overselling of Hormone Replacement Therapy

Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, 2002
The news that part of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) was stopped early because women treated with combined estrogen-progestin therapy experienced higher rates of breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, and overall harm has rocked women and physicians across the country.
Adriane, Fugh-Berman, Cynthia, Pearson
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Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy

Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 2001
Thyroid hormone replacement has been used for more than 100 years in the treatment of hypothyroidism, and there is no doubt about its overall efficacy. Desiccated thyroid contains both thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3); serum T3 frequently rises to supranormal values in the absorption phase, associated with palpitations.
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Hormone replacement therapy and the bladder

British Menopause Society Journal, 2004
Lower urinary tract symptoms are a common, distressing and embarrassing problem for women of all ages, but become increasingly more common with advancing age. Oestrogen preparations have been used for many years to manage urinary symptoms, but there is still controversy over the efficacy of these preparations. The purpose of this review is to provide a
Keri S, McCully, Simon, Jackson
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Hormone replacement therapy and the skin

Maturitas, 2000
Estrogens have a profound influence on skin. The hypoestrogenism occurring after the menopause leads to measured deterioration in the skin. Estrogen receptors have been identified in the skin and the concentration of these receptors varies in the different parts of the body.
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[Indications for hormone replacement therapy].

Minerva ginecologica, 2003
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate indications and contraindications, advisability and compliance of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in women in the climacteric who, owing to the cessation of ovarian activity, face loss of the state of present and future wellbeing.A series of 602 women who have attended the Menopause Centre of the II ...
MAININI G, FESTA B, FESTA G, MESSALLI, Enrico Michelino, RAGUCCI A.   +4 more
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Hormone replacement therapy and hypertension

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 2002
Hypertension, particularly systolic hypertension, affects postmenopausal women and is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease in this group. In the last year, several papers have better defined the mechanisms by which hormone replacement therapy influences blood pressure in postmenopausal women, including effects on nitric oxide ...
Veronica, Franco, Suzanne, Oparil
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Hormone replacement therapy and longevity

Andrologia, 2015
To assess whether hormone replacement therapy influences longevity, an analysis was made of published life tables allowing for the calculation of the relative benefit of hormone replacement therapy on longevity in men with late onset hypogonadism and in post-menopausal women. It was found that testosterone replacement therapy of men suffering from late
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The hormone replacement therapy controversy

Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2002
The issue of hormone replacement treatment for menopausal symptoms, osteoporosis, various cardiac problems, and other disorders has received a great deal of attention. Recent data concerning the benefits and risks have changed ideas about indications and contra-indications.
M T, Notman, C, Nadelson
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MENOPAUSE AND HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY

Medical Clinics of North America, 1998
Menopause is a normal part of life of most women and can be made easier with appropriate information about the events that occur. For those women who desire help for bothersome menopausal symptoms, effective therapy can be offered. The use of HRT for prevention is more complex.
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Individual hormone replacement therapy

Maturitas, 1996
Although hormone replacement therapy is widely used in western countries, compliance is not very good; only a minor proportion of women starting the treatment continue it for over 5 years. However, long-term treatment is essential for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis.
R J, Tuimala, T, Vihtamäki
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