Hormone Replacement Therapy

Combined HRT Increases Muscle, Decreases Fat in Postmenopausal Women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 26th, 1999

A combined hormone therapy of estrogen and androgen may improve body composition in postmenopausal women, according to results of a Johns Hopkins study presented at ENDO 99, the 81st Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, held in San Diego, California, during June 1999.

Adrian S. Dobs, MD, senior author of the study at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, led researchers comparing the effects of estrogen supplements versus combined testosterone/estrogen supplements. A group of 40 postmenopausal women took an estrogen supplement for three months and estrogen plus androgen for the next four months.

After four months on the combined medication, the...

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