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All Tags : Hormone Replacement Therapy
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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should not be used by older women after the menopause reported four newspapers (12 July 2007). The reports were based on the findings of a well-conducted trial. The reports were mostly accurate although only two noted that the trial had been stopped early resulting in a short follow-up period.
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Oestrogen only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) reduces calcium plaque build-up in the arteries of women in their 50s, but should only be used for menopausal symptoms, and not to prevent cardiovascular disease, reported two newspapers (21st June 2007). In general the newspapers accurately reported the reliable findings of a well conducted study.
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The sharp decline in the rate of new breast cancer cases in 2003 may be related to a national decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to a new report in the April 19, 2007, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The report used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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