New Report--Hormone Therapy OK
By: Charlotte Ames
Updated: May 22, 2012
The recommendations about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause symptoms may be changing again.
Researchers did a major reappraisal of a landmark report on hormone therapy. Their conclusion--the treatment will help most women in the early stages of menopause. They say hormone replacement therapy relieves hot flashes and also reduces the risk of heart disease and bone fractures.
Hormone therapy dropped off dramatically after a study in 2002 found that the risks far outweighed the benefits among older women. But experts who worked on the original study say the results were for women twelve years past menopause, not for women near menopause.
New report by the International Menopause Society
Researchers did a major reappraisal of a landmark report on hormone therapy. Their conclusion--the treatment will help most women in the early stages of menopause. They say hormone replacement therapy relieves hot flashes and also reduces the risk of heart disease and bone fractures.
Hormone therapy dropped off dramatically after a study in 2002 found that the risks far outweighed the benefits among older women. But experts who worked on the original study say the results were for women twelve years past menopause, not for women near menopause.
New report by the International Menopause Society
Charlotte Ames is the area's only local Health Reporter and brings you the latest medical health news weeknights. You can catch Healthcast on WTAJ News at 5:00pm and her Health Headlines report on WTAJ News at 5:30pm.