Seen that? - Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy

Filed in archive Best of on November 5, 2009

Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy at Well Woman Blog

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 [...] Read More


HRT Not For the Older Woman at Well Woman Blog

HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) may not be beneficial for all women. In fact, according by Vivian Richardson, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent Researchers, working from centers in England, Australia and New Zealand, studied 5,692 women with an average age of 63 and who were an average of 15 years post-menopause. Randomly split into two groups, the women either took a daily hormone replacement pill or a placebo pill as part of the Women's [...] Read More


Better Answers to Menopause Relief at Well Woman Blog

Hot flashes? Mod swings? Depression? Irregular periods? All are symptoms of menopause. One answer is hormone pills. However, many women fear the consequences of hormone therapy. There might be a better answer. According to The Doc Is In tells us about a study currently underway: Patches and gels are already known to be effective for relieving the hot flashes and sleep-interrupting night sweats that plague many women. No one knows whether [...] Read More


Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT): Brings Better Quality of Life in Older Women? at Straightfromthedoc

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6552719 Aging can sometimes suck, now that I think about it. Especially for women. Menopause isn't easy I've read and been told. Sleeping problems, hot flashes and night sweats - I guess each and every woman dread those and we all are going to go through with it. Hormone replacement therapy - despite the previously reported downsides (such as increased mortality and increased risk of cancer [...] Read More


Hormone replacement therapy and hot flashes at Straightfromthedoc

A study from JAMA suggested that more than half of women who started taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to relieve symptoms of menopause saw a dramatic resurgence of those symptoms when they discontinued the therapy. With the evidence showing that HRT is harmful and can increase mortality, more physicians are counseling women to come off these medications. Unfortunately, hormones continue to be one of the most effective treatment for hot flashes. So, [...] Read More