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Hormone Replacement Therapy
Reports advance knowledge in hormone replacement therapy research
July 7th, 2005
Reports from the United States and Germany highlight recent research on hormone replacement therapy. Study 1: Hormone replacement therapy affects postmenopausal women's cardiovascular responses to stress. "Epidemiological and psychophysiological data suggest that groups that differ in reproductive hormones and stress responses also differ in risk for cardiovascular disease," said K.A. Matthews and colleagues, University of Pittsburgh. In their study of "the effects of hormone therapy on women's cardiovascular responses to laboratory stressors, 89 healthy postmenopausal women were tested twice, before and after exposure for about 8...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-07)
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