Hormone Replacement Therapy Does Decrease Mortality In Younger Postmenopausal Woman, Says Study
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 12:07
in Health & Medicine
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) had been used to treat menopausal estrogen deficiency for decades but the 2002 publication of a major study, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), indicated increased risk for certain outcomes in older women, without increasing longevity. This sparked debate regarding potential benefits and harm of HRT. A new article published in The American Journal of Medicine conducted a meta-analysis of the available data using Bayesian methods and concluded that HRT almost certainly decreases mortality in younger postmenopausal women. read more
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