A team of US researchers has found that hormone therapy, when taken within six years of menopause, may slow the progression of subclinical atherosclerosis — the primary underlying pathway that leads to heart disease and stroke.
Tag: hormone therapy
WHI Results Often Misinterpreted
Systemic hormone therapy reduces vasomotor symptoms for menopausal women, but its use among all U.S. women has decreased by as much as 80%. Instead, women have been seeking out other less regulated treatments for their symptoms, such as compounded hormone products.
Halt Hormone Therapy in Postmenopausal Women After MI
Hormone therapy might be protective in postmenopausal women during a first myocardial infarction (MI), but could increase the risk — and severity — of a second, results from an observational Finnish study suggest.
Earlier Hormone Therapy May Pose Less Risk for Menopausal Women
Women who start hormone therapy toward the beginning of menopause may have a lower risk of developing heart disease, new research suggests.
Hormones May Help Younger Women With Hot Flashes, Study Finds
There’s more evidence that hormone therapy might not be so bad for women just starting menopause.
The latest Cochrane review supports the evidence that taking hormones
does not lower the risk of heart disease for women past menopause.
Cochrane reviews are meant to be authoritative, top-line
recommendations.
Hormone Therapy Timing Hypothesis Gains Ground in ELITE
During six years of follow-up, the rate of increase in carotid IMT among the women who entered the study at least ten years after the start of menopause tracked nearly identically between those on hormone therapy and those on placebo, with a difference between the two arms that was not statistically significant.
The Next Frontier in Fertility Treatment
The more than 700,000 transgender people living in the United States have long faced discrimination by health care providers. Over the past 15 years, activists have fought to compel insurers to cover transgender-related health care — from hormone therapy to gender reassignment surgery — or at least be prevented from excluding transgender clients from buying policies for basic services.
Hormone Therapy Not for Disease Prevention: Study
Hormone therapy may help some women manage hot flashes during menopause. But it should not be used to prevent conditions like heart disease and dementia, a new study confirms.
HRT Risks May Vary by Type of Estrogen Drug
For women with menopausal symptoms, not all oral hormone therapy is created equal.
Finding a Balance in Menopause
After a decade of rancorous debate over the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy, experts from more than a dozen top medical organizations worldwide have finally come to something resembling a consensus. What did they decide, and why are women still baffled?