Found 8 datasets matching "hormone-replacement-therapy".
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Background Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is often seen as the treatment of choice for preventing fractures in women. We undertook a recent meta-analysis of randomised trials which...
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Background It is known that use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by postmenopausal women increases the risk of breast cancer. Method In this...
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Large numbers of observational studies have described a decrease in the incidence of cardiovascular disease in women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The potential mechanisms for this...
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Background Information regarding the characteristics and health of women who do and do not attend for breast cancer screening is limited and representative data are difficult to obtain. ...
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Background Changes in breast density are highly correlated with steroid hormone exposure. Materials and methods In a cross-sectional study of 396...
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The observational studies of hormone users are compromised by systematic biases that lead to an overestimation of benefit and an underestimation of risk. Studies of mechanism could support either...
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Do we need clinical trials to test the ability of transdermal HRT to prevent coronary heart disease?
Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with oral oestrogen was predicted to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) risk by 50%. Randomized controlled trials show no such benefit, however,...
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Background The objective of this study was to study the association of early age at menopause with pulse pressure (PP), a marker of arterial stiffness, and PP change. ...
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