October 1st, 2013
Long-Term Study Results Offer Broad Perspective on Hormone Therapy for Menopausal Women
Larry Husten, PHD
More than a decade ago, the NHLBI’s Women’s Health Initiative trials overturned the conventional wisdom that hormone therapy (HT) 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 HT but important questions remained, many involving the age or time since menopause […]
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