Hormone Replacement Therapy
Estrogen therapy was not shown to improve cardiopulmonary function in postmenopausal women
Published in Drug Week, March 10th, 2006
According to researchers in Brazil, "We tested the hypothesis that estrogen replacement (2 mg estradiol/day, orally for 90 days) would improve cardiopulmonary and functional capacities in postmenopausal women."
J.M. Aldrighi and colleagues a the University of Sao Paulo wrote, "Twenty-three postmenopausal and sedentary women were divided into estrogen replacement (n=13, 57 ±2 years) and placebo control (n=10, 58 ±2 years) groups. They performed a cardiopulmonary exercise test before and after the intervention. Baseline measurements were similar...
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Source: Drug Week (2006-03-10)
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