Hormone therapy may not help hearts
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A new study revealed that women with heart disease should not start hormone replacement therapy after menopause, despite earlier data that suggested therapy reduces the risk of coronary problems. According to the study conducted to 2,763 volunteers, women with heart dieses taking hormone replacement therapy had a 50% chance of having a heart attack than those on placebo. However, the new findings can only be applied to women with heart disease who take both estrogen and a progestin, and not estrogen alone, according to Stephen Hulley of the University of California San Francisco, lead author of the study.
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A new study reveals that women w/ heart disease should not start HRT after menopause because it raises risk to heart attack
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 1998
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Hormone therapy: doubts grow
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An article published on the Journal of American Medical Assn claims hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is effective only for relieving menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes, in older women. Researchers Steven Cummings and Deborah Grady, who wrote the article, even doubt if HRT prevents fractures in women who start taking it before 60. They say that existing evidence on the efficacy of postmenopausal estrogen in preventing osteoporosis is weak.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2001
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Drug might help prevent MS, study says
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A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis is being studied for its use in helping prevent people at high risk for the disease from ever developing it. The drug, called interferon beta-1a, sold as Avonex, is proven to not only suppress flare-ups but to also reduce the number of lesions found on patients' brains with mgnetic resonance imaging. The main side effects were flu-like symptoms that could be relieved by Tylenol.
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Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2000
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