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Long-term prevention with hormone-replacement therapy after the menopause: which women should be targeted?
Women's Health, 11/02/09

Alexandersen P et al. – For decades, hormone–replacement therapy (HRT) was considered safe and was the first choice in prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis induced by estrogen deficiency. Numerous experimental and epidemiological studies further supported a protective effect of exogenous female sex hormones on atherogenesis and coronary heart disease (CHD) in women after the menopause. However, the fact that these promising results were not translated into lower incidences of CHD events in hormone–treated women compared with placebo in subsequent, large, randomized studies of healthy subjects as well as women with known CHD raised a very intense debate concerning the safety of HRT in terms of cardiovascular risk. A critical mass of data points toward a protective influence of HRT on cardiovascular disease end points in early postmenopausal women, but increased harm in elderly women, especially those with abdominal adiposity or metabolic syndrome.

Issues in postmenopausal hormone therapy: A 3-part CME newsletter series Counseling patients about bioidentical hormone preparations
Sexuality, Reproduction & Menopause, 11/13/09 Relevance Score: 90%

Hormone therapy following menopause
The Clinical Advisor, 11/09/09 Relevance Score: 89%

Bayesian Meta-analysis of Hormone Therapy and Mortality in Younger Postmenopausal Women
American Journal of Medicine, 10/27/09 Relevance Score: 89%

Hormone replacement therapy benefits postmenopausal women
Internet Source, 10/09/09 Relevance Score: 89%

Issues in postmenopausal hormone therapy: depression, endometrial health, and discontinuation
Sexuality, Reproduction & Menopause, 10/09/09 Relevance Score: 89%