What Doctors Don't Tell YouScientists believe they have figured out why hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has caused coronary heart disease. Apparently it's to do with estrogen that relaxes the blood vessels in a younger woman, and then suddenly does the opposite once the...
New research has put a dent in the theories of hormone replacement therapy proponents that HRT protects against heart disease.
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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) doubles the risk of women developing systemic lupus erythematosus, which can cause severe inflammation of the blood vessels, tumours of the skin, and kidney disor ...
In the highly successful marketing campaign for HRT, drug companies have managed to pitch the drug as an all purpose cure all of the bugbears of old age. Defenders of HRT haul out a roll call of ...
A major HRT trial in the US has been halted because the combination of conjugated equine oestrogen (0.625 mg/ day) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (2.5 mg/day) (Prempro) simply did more harm than good.
HRT: Modesty forbids, but we told you so
his is a topic that's been well aired in earlier broadcasts, but here are a few more suggestions.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) seems to be causing Raynaud's phenomenon, where poor circulation leads to the sensation of cold in the body's extremities. ...
A few weeks ago I attended a press conference announcing the launch of a drug, a new type of hormone replacement therapy, organized by a swanky PR company and held at the equally swanky London's S ...
