Can Hormone Replacement Therapy Cause Depression?
Results from a new study suggest that hormone replacement therapy does not reduce women's risk of developing heart disease when taken to reduce symptoms of menopause, and it may in fact increase women's heart attack risk in their first two years of taking it.
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Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer Incidence
Dr. Ravdin et al published a very impressive article in this week's New England Journal of Medicine on hormone replacement therapy (HRT)... Read more »
Breast Cancer Decline Linked to less Ostmenopausal Hormone...
At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference in December 2006 a major presentation linked the drop in new cases (incidence) of breast cancer... Read more »
Weigh the Risks and Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy
A stunning report in the December 15, 2006 New York Times, citing strong evidence linking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with breast... Read more »
Breast Cancer and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Many women who took a combination hormone replacement therapy drug—estrogen and progestin, e.g., Prempro, et. al.—ceased their... Read more »
FDA Provides Listing of Available Hormone Replacement Therapies
Many women are looking for ways to ease the symptoms of menopause. One common way is through hormone therapy. I recent found a web resource... Read more »
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Fast FAQs: Chemotherapy Side Effects and Sex Drive
Q. What with all the side effects I had during chemotherapy, I really wasn’t in the mood for sex very often. And now that I’m done with chemo,... Read more »
Using HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy)
Source: Breastcancer.org
Current or recent past users of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) have a higher risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer. Before the link between... Read more »
Hormone Therapy's Effects on Brain
For those with Migraines, the question of whether to use hormone therapies is one we often look at only in terms of the impact it will have on... Read more »
Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT) is therapy to replace estrogen no longer made by a woman's body because she is post-menopausal or her ovaries have... Read more »
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Hormone therapy (HT) uses one or more female hormones, commonly estrogen and progestin and sometimes testosterone, to treat symptoms of menopause. ... Read more »
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