HRT could protect against leg ulcers
... ...Elderly women given hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could be at a reduced risk of developing leg ulcers and pressure sores, conclude authors of a research letter in this weeks issue of THE LANCET.... ...Pressure ulcers and venous leg ulcers are common chronic wounds. Oestrogens in the form of HRT might have an effect on wound healing, but this possibility has not been widely studied. ....Review supports link between HRT and stroke
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with an increased risk of stroke, especially ischaemic stroke, finds a review of trials published on today....... These results support previous trials that have suggested a link between HRT and stroke....... Researchers at the University of Nottingham reviewed the evidence from 28 completed trials involving 39,769 individuals. They assessed the r...Risks of HRT could have been revealed much earlier
The risks of hormone replacement therapy would have been revealed much earlier if better use had been made of existing evidence. As such, women have been needlessly exposed to an increased risk of heart disease, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. ...... The large US Women's Health Initiative trial was stopped prematurely in 2002 after showing an increased risk of cardiovascular events from com...Scientists raise caution about effects of HRT on hearing
A small pilot study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that women who undergo hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) may run the risk of diminished hearing. Depending on the measure, HRT recipients on average did anywhere from 10 to 30 percent worse on hearing tests than women who had not received HRT, says Robert D. Frisina, Ph.D., professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Ro...What are the benefits and harms of HRT?
Women free of menopausal symptoms should not use HRT, but it can help with relief of symptoms, according to a study in this week's BMJ.... ...Researchers at Leicester University carried out a clinical decision analysis on the benefits and harms of HRT, based on the best currently available evidence. The study population was white women in the United Kingdom, aged 50, with or without menopausal...HRT trial stopped early after 'unacceptable risks' for women with previous breast cancer
A Swedish study established to assess the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women with a history of breast cancer has been stopped early after preliminary results show 'unacceptably high' risks of breast cancer recurrence for HRT users. The results are published online by THE LANCET (3 February 2004) and will appear in the February 7 print edition....... The increasing survival of w...HRT and breast cancer: better prognosis more likely due to frequent screening than hormone use
While women with breast cancer who have used hormone-replacement therapy are known to have better survival odds than those who've never taken hormones, the advantage is due, most likely, to more-frequent mammography screening rather than the effect of the hormones on tumor biology, according to new findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.... ..."Most of the good prognost...Trial results have dramatically reduced HRT use
More than half (58%) of women stopped taking HRT after the publication of a large trial in 2002 concluded that it was not suitable for the prevention of chronic diseases, finds a study in this week's BMJ. ......Six months after the trial results were published, researchers in New Zealand surveyed 776 women who were taking HRT. ......Of 734 respondents, 423 (58%) had stopped taking HRT when the re...Even though it prevents fracture, HRT not recommended, say Pittsburgh researchers
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26 Hormone therapy helps prevent bone fracture in women, but the benefit does not override the therapy's well-known negative links to heart disease and breast cancer, report University of Pittsburgh researchers in the October 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association....... "Our study found that estrogen plus progestin increased the bone mineral density and dec...Women prefer GPs to the Internet when trying to find out about HRT
'HRT "doubles breast cancer risk"' ...'"Don't panic" over HRT research' ...Recent media reports are littered with headlines such as these. What impact are such headlines likely to have on women considering, or currently taking, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and where will they turn for further information and advice? ... ...A study jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (...HRT fails to stall atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women with pre-existing coronary artery lesions
LOS ANGELES (Aug. 7) - A daily dose of estrogen, whether given alone or with progestin, failed to keep arteries with pre-existing lesions from narrowing further, according to results of a randomized, controlled trial in postmenopausal women led by investigators at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.... ...Results of the Women's Estrogen-Progestin Lipid-Lowering H...Further evidence that HRT does not protect against cardiovascular disease
Results of a UK randomised trial published on THE LANCET's website- -and in the upcoming issue (Dec 21/28) provides further evidence that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not offer women protection against cardiovascular disease.... ...Previous observational studies have suggested that HRT could reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), but results of randomised trials do not suggest...Comparison of HRTs finds progesteron
Excessive bleeding, a troublesome side-effect that causes many women to stop taking hormone replacement therapies (HRT), is less likely with progesterone than with more commonly used synthetic versions. ... ...Results from a national clinical trial published in the November issue of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, show that a combination of estrogen and micronized progesterone (MP) cau...HRT may prevent endometrial cancer
The long-term use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not increase the risk of endometrial cancer and may even protect the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) from the disease, concludes a study in this week's BMJ....... In one of the largest long-term studies of its kind researchers from across the UK collected data from 534 postmenopausal women. Before the study began, 364 of the women...HRT pills, patches and heart disease risk factors
.University Park, Pa. --- The different effects of oral vs. transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on heart disease risk factors make a woman's choice between taking estrogen via pill or patch more than a convenience issue, says a Penn State researcher. . Dr. Sheila West, assistant professor of biobehavioral health, is lead author of a new study, which is one of the first to look a.... ... It is too early to recommend hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, concludes a Swedish study in this week's BMJ. Dr Kerstin R`dstr`m from Gothenburg University and colleagues report that women who used HRT were at a lower risk of cardiovascular problems before the start of their treatment than women who did not use HRT. . The research team studi.... ... Women of south Asian origin living in the UK are at increased risk of coronary heart disease and osteoporosis and yet they are less likely than white women to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT), despite it being widely promoted as preventing these conditions, report a team from St George's Hospital Medical School in this week's BMJ. . Dr Tess Harris et al studied 882 white, African and...