Estrogen Reduces Risk Of Fracture After Menopause, Study Suggests
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:14
in Health & Medicine
From the end of the 1970s to the late 1990s there was a significant reduction in the incidence of hip and distal forearm fractures among Oslo women in the early phase after menopause. Part of this decline can be explained by the large increase in the use of hormone replacement therapy after menopause in the same period, a new study shows.