Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Women are on an ongoing cycle that begins in the early teens or even pre-teens with the onset of menstruation, carries on through the childbearing years and ends with menopause. Menopause causes numerous uncomfortable symptoms including hot flashes, mood swings and insomnia.
One method of easing these symptoms is hormone replacement therapy. However, according to an article on CBS News:
Hormone replacement therapy, a common treatment for menopausal women, is even more dangerous than previously thought, according to a new study.
The Journal of the American Medical Association's study says hormone replacement therapy, HRT, greatly increases a patient's chance of breast cancer.
However, ABC's Eyewitness News tells us that:
After some newly revised guidelines, the short-term use of hormone therapy has been considered safe in easing the symptoms of menopause.
The North American Menopause society says that the therapy is a "viable option for short-term treatment". However, they insist that the revised guidelines do not make fundamental changes to the current recommendations.
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Wow, great blog Florence and a great addition to Life Sciences section of this great blog network. Welcome.
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:00 am
Hello Gloria,
Thanks so much for your comment. My first! I hope to publish many more blogs of interest to women.
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:01 am
Hello Gloria,
Thanks so much for your comment. My first! I hope to publish many more blogs of interest to women. Florence
February 19th, 2007 at 2:10 am
My wife had a testosterone therapy during her menopause and it helped her a lot. The changing moods were gone and she generally felt much better.
November 30th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Here’s a good article that I always like to go back to every time I come across this topic… From Women to Women and Marcelle Pick, this piece describes — in a balanced POV– exactly what we know now about HRT risks: New findings on HRT since the Women’s Health Initiative — an individual approach is best
November 30th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Here’s a good article that I always like to go back to every time I come across this topic… From Women to Women and Marcelle Pick, this piece describes — in a balanced POV– exactly what we know now about HRT risks: http://www.wellwomanblog.com/50226711/menopause_and_hormone_replacement_therapy.php
November 30th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Here’s a good article that I always like to go back to every time I come across this topic… From Women to Women and Marcelle Pick, this piece describes in a balanced POV– exactly what we know now about HRT risks: http://www.wellwomanblog.com/50226711/menopause_and_hormone_replacement_therapy.php
November 30th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I am sorry, I seem to have posted multiple times.