HRT


RAPID ROUNDUP: Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) improves quality of life – experts respond

Fri Aug 22, 2008

A new study featuring Australian women has shown that HRT improves sleep, sexuality and joint pain in older women. The study involved 2130 post-menopausal women in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and assessed the impact of combined oestrogen and progestogen hormone therapy on the women’s quality of life. The average age of women in [...]

RAPID ROUNDUP: Fall in HRT use Linked to Breast Cancer in Aussie Women (Medical Journal of Australia) – experts react.

Mon Jun 2, 2008

A rapid fall in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in Australia has been linked to a recent reduction in invasive breast cancer among women aged 50 years or older, in the latest issue of Medical Journal of Australia. The study found that the use of HRT in Australia dropped, by 40 per cent [...]