More than a decade ago the Women’s Health Study produced surprising and important results when it showed that broad use of hormone replacement therapy did not reduce cardiovascular risk in post-menopausal women. But the study also led to speculation that hormone therapy might be beneficial when delivered closer to the time of menopause. Now a study published in Annals of…
Long Terms Study Results Offer Broad Perspective On Hormone Replacement Therapy For Women
October 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
More than a decade ago the NHLBI’s Women’s Health Initiative trials overturned the conventional wisdom that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopausal women helped protect women from a broad spectrum of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease. The findings caused dramatic reductions in the use of HRT but important questions remained, many involving the age or time since…
Danish Study Gives A Boost To Hormone Replacement Therapy Timing Hypothesis
October 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) suffered a sharp blow a decade ago when the Women’s Health Initiative failed to show any cardiovascular benefit in women taking HRT. Despite the setback, many researchers theorized that HRT might still be beneficial in women who start HRT close to menopause. Now a new study from Denmark published in BMJ lends…
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