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Menopause
Two new studies address hormone therapy post-WHI
December 26th, 2002
Hormone therapy (HT) is the subject of two studies in the December 2002 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology: the Women's Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences Study of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and a data analysis from the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS). Results from this NICHD-funded study of 3823 postmenopausal women were consistent with the recent Women's Health Initiative study results on continuous combined HT (defined here as estrogen combined with 25-31 days per month of progestin use). Continuous combined HT was associated with an increased breast cancer risk among current users of the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-12-26)
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