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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) sometimes called estrogent replacement therapy or ERT, refers to a woman taking supplements of hormones such as estrogen alone or estrogen with another hormone called progesterone (progestin in its synthetic form). HRT replaces hormones that a woman’s body should be making or used to make.

Recent trends in breast cancer incidence in U.S. white women by urban/rural and poverty status

28. June 2009 21:49
The recent decline in invasive breast cancer in the US was significantly less pronounced in the poor and those who live in rural areas. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Medicine suggest this may be due to varying reductions in the numbers of women taking hormone therapy (HT). [More]

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New perspective on the causes, effects and potential treatment of sexual dysfunction

23. June 2009 05:25
Couples' treatment for sexual problems and other innovative approaches to improving sexual health for men and women are on the agenda of sexual medicine experts. [More]

Vitamin D and Calcium supplements help prevent bone fracture in the elderly

27. May 2009 07:38
We all know that vitamin D and calcium are good for bones, but research teams in Europe and USA have shown that both taken daily reduces the rate of hip fracture in older people by 20%. [More]

HRT-breast cancer risk stays same, regardless of family history

19. May 2009 15:45
The risk of developing breast cancer due to taking hormone replacement therapy appears to be the same for women with a family history of the disease and without a family history, a University of Rochester Medical Center study concluded. [More]

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Women warned about risks of alternative menopause treatments

26. April 2009 19:38
Scientists at the University of Adelaide in South Australia are warning women about the use of 'alternative' menopause treatments because many have not been properly tested. [More]

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Discrepancies between reports of HRT dangers and supporting data

23. April 2009 23:00
In recent years, a series of highly publicized reports have warned of increases in breast cancer and other health problems in postmenopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT). [More]

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Number of women dying from breast cancer hits record low

22. April 2009 19:54
The number of women dying from breast cancer has fallen to less than 12,000 for the first time since national statistics were recorded almost 40 years ago, Cancer Research UK reveals today. [More]

Soybean chemicals may reduce menopause symptoms

9. April 2009 14:10
Soy aglycons of isoflavone (SAI), a group of soybean constituent chemicals, have been shown to promote health in a rat model of the menopause. [More]

Review of studies finds acupuncture no help for hot flushes during the menopause

8. April 2009 12:37
Acupuncture cannot be shown to have any positive effect on hot flushes during the menopause. [More]

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Radius starts Ppase 2a trial of RAD1901 in menopausal hot flashes

24. March 2009 21:14
Radius Health ("Radius") announced today that the first patient has been dosed in the company's proof-of-concept Phase 2a study of RAD1901, an investigational selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) undergoing clinical evaluation for treatment of vasomotor symptoms (menopausal hot flashes). [More]

Breast cancer rates fall as women abandon HRT

16. February 2009 09:07
Breast cancer rates among women in their 50s are falling at the same time as the number of women under 60 receiving prescriptions for hormone replacement (HRT) has halved according to Cancer Research UK. [More]

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Natural 'defence' gene reveals how oestrogen fuels cancer

13. January 2009 17:26
CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have shown for the first time how a natural 'defence' gene involved in fighting infections such as common colds, can be triggered by hormones to ignite and drive cancers like breast, ovarian, and possibly prostate cancer. Their findings are published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. [More]

How to handle the menopause - eat less, get more active and wear HRT skin patches

25. November 2008 03:49
The latest advice to women going through the menopause is eat less, get more active and consider wearing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) skin patches. [More]

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Weight gain during menopause

24. November 2008 22:47
Weight and appetite experts from around the world met at a conference in Bangkok earlier this year to discuss sex differences in obesity. [More]

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Danish study provides new information on hormone replacement therapy and the risk of heart attacks

30. September 2008 18:15
It's not what you take but the way that you take it that can produce different results in women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to new research on the association between HRT and heart attacks, published online in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal today. [More]
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