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Menopause

Hormone Replacement Therapy

NEWS:

Estrogen Alone Said To Be Risky As Well

Hormone therapy guide issued by ACOG task force

HRT Speeds Progression of Heart Disease in Diabetics

More hormone woes: Study links HRT to asthma

Recommendations for estrogen and progestogen use in peri - and postmenopausal women

ARTICLES:

Estrogen Replacement Doesn't Lower Dementia Risk

Frequently Asked Questions about Hormone Therapy

Hormone therapy for menopause: Who should take it and what are the alternatives?

HRT: what are women (and their doctors) to do?

NGC-Estrogen and progestogen therapy in postmenopausal women.

NGC-Hormone replacement therapy.

Questions and Answers About Estrogen-Plus-Progestin Hormone Therapy

Where are we now with hormone replacement therapy?

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A comparative review of the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy regimens. (Am J Obstet Gynecol)

Are all estrogens the same? (Maturitas)

Benefits and risks of sex hormone replacement in postmenopausal women. (J Am Coll Nutr)

Breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal women using testosterone in addition to usual hormone therapy. (Menopause)

[Cardiovascular risks under hormone replacement therapy] (Internist (Berl))

Clinical monograph: hormone replacement therapy. (J Manag Care Pharm)

Commonly used types of postmenopausal estrogen for treatment of hot flashes: scientific review. (JAMA)

Conjugated Equine Estrogens and Global Cognitive Function in Postmenopausal Women (JAMA)

Conjugated Equine Estrogens and Incidence of Probable Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Postmenopausal Women (JAMA)

Conjugated equine estrogens and incidence of probable dementia and mild cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. (JAMA)

Considerations in the choice of oral vs. transdermal hormone therapy: a review. (J Reprod Med)

Decision-making about hormone replacement therapy by women in England and Scotland. (Climacteric)

Effect of hormone therapy on BP in normotensive and hypertensive postmenopausal women. (Maturitas)

Effect of long-term estrogen therapy on dopaminergic responsivity in post-menopausal women-a preliminary study. (Psychoneuroendocrinology)

Effects of aging, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy on forearm skin elasticity in women. (J Am Geriatr Soc)

Estrogen plus progestin and colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women. (N Engl J Med)

Estrogen plus progestin and risk of venous thrombosis. (JAMA)

Estrogen replacement therapy and ovarian cancer. (Epidemiology)

Fracture Incidence in Relation to the Pattern of Use of Hormone Therapy in Postmenopausal Women (JAMA)

Hormonal factors and breast tumor proliferation: do factors that affect cancer risk also affect tumor growth? (Breast Cancer Res Treat)

Hormone replacement therapy and age-related brain shrinkage: regional effects. (Neuroreport)

Hormone replacement therapy and cardiovascular disease: increased risks of venous thromboembolism and stroke, and no protection from coronary heart disease (Journal of Internal Medicine)

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease. What Went Wrong and Where Do We Go From Here? (Hypertension)

Hormone replacement therapy and incidence of hormone-dependent cancers in the Norwegian Women and Cancer study. (Int J Cancer)

Hormone replacement therapy and peripheral vascular disease in women. (Vasc Endovascular Surg)

Hormone replacement therapy and stroke: clinical trials review. (Stroke)

Hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women. (Am J Surg)

Hormone replacement therapy in relation to breast carcinoma incidence rate ratios: a prospective Danish cohort study. (Cancer)

Hormone replacement therapy: controversies, pros and cons. (Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab)

Hormone therapy and Alzheimer's disease: benefit or harm? (Expert Opin Pharmacother)

Hormone therapy and mortality during a 14-year follow-up of 14 324 Norwegian women (Journal of Internal Medicine)

Hormone Therapy and the Impact of Estrogen Intake on the Risk of Ovarian Cancer (Arch Intern Med)

Impact of estrogen therapy on Alzheimer's disease: a fork in the road? (CNS Drugs)

Incidence and progression of lens opacities: effect of hormone replacement therapy and reproductive factors. (Epidemiology)

Increased risk of breast cancer following different regimens of hormone replacement therapy frequently used in Europe. (Int J Cancer)

Influence of HRT on prognostic factors for breast cancer: a systematic review after the Women's Health Initiative trial. (Hum Reprod)

Informing patients of the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy: Nephrologists' ethical obligation. (Adv Chronic Kidney Dis)

Lessons learned from the WHI: HRT requires a cautious and individualized approach. (Geriatrics)

Long-term hormone replacement therapy delays the age related progression of carotid intima-media thickness in healthy postmenopausal women. (Maturitas)

[Menopause in 2004: "hormone replacement therapy" is not what it used to be anymore] (Rev Med Interne)

Mortality Associated with Hormone Replacement Therapy in Younger and Older Women (J Gen Intern Med)

National Use of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy (JAMA)

New progestogens : a review of their effects in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. (Drugs Aging)

Oral oestrogen and combined oestrogen/progestogen therapy versus placebo for hot flushes. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Postmenopausal estrogen use affects risk for Parkinson disease. (Arch Neurol)

Postmenopausal estrogen for treatment of hot flashes: clinical applications. (JAMA)

Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of developing urinary incontinence. (Obstet Gynecol)

Postmenopausal hormone therapy: impact on menopause-related symptoms, chronic disease and quality of life. (Drugs)

Relationship of Physical Fitness, Hormone Replacement Therapy and Hemostatic Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women. (J Appl Physiol)

Sleep apnea and hormone replacement therapy: a pilot study and a literature review. (Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2005)

The association between hormone therapy use and changes in strength and body composition in early postmenopausal women. (Menopause)

The effects of hormone therapy on pulmonary function tests in postmenopausal women. (Maturitas)

The effects of postmenopausal hormone therapies on female sexual functioning: a review of double-blind, randomized controlled trials. (Menopause)

The effects of transdermal and oral oestrogen replacement therapy on colorectal cancer risk in postmenopausal women. (Br J Cancer)

The Million Women Study: a licence to kill other investigations? (Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol)

The Women's Health Initiative could not have detected cardioprotective effects of starting hormone therapy during the menopausal transition. (Fertil Steril)

Treatment of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms: position statement of The North American Menopause Society. (Menopause)

Use of hormone replacement therapy in Italian women aged 50-70 years. (Maturitas)

Use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy in the WHO MONICA project. (Maturitas)

Variability of breast cancer risk in observational studies of hormone replacement therapy: a meta-regression analysis. (Maturitas)

Weight gain, body mass index, hormone replacement therapy, and postmenopausal breast cancer in a large prospective study. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev)

Where are we now with hormone replacement therapy? (Reprod Health Matters.)

Women's needs and wants when seeing the GP in relation to menopausal issues. (Scand J Prim Health Care)

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