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Follow the links below to find systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of hormone replacement therapies.
Reviewed January 2009
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Hormone therapy for endometriosis and surgical menopause
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Endometriosis is known to result in variable severity of symptoms. For some women bilateral removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy) with or without an hysterectomy may be required to manage symptoms. This brings women into premature menopause. It is thoug...
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Jul 2008
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Long term hormone therapy for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Hormone therapy (HT) is widely used for controlling menopausal symptoms. It has also been used for the management and prevention of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and dementia in older women. The present review set out to ...
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May 2008
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Hormone replacement therapy to maintain cognitive function in women with dementia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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After the menopause, in women levels of estrogens decline. Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) or replacement therapy with both estrogens and progestagens (hormone replacement therapy or HRT) might theoretically help to maintain cognitive function in pos...
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Apr 2008
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Hormone replacement therapy for cognitive function in postmenopausal women
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Animal studies (performed both in the laboratory and on living animals) suggest that estrogen alone might protect the brain as women get older. After the menopause, levels of estrogens decline in women and estrogen therapy has been claimed to maintain o...
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Sep 2007
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Exercise for vasomotor menopausal symptoms
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Evidence suggests that a high proportion of menopausal women will experience hot flushes and night sweats (vasomotor symptoms). Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is considered to be the most effective treatment for symptoms. However, studies have report...
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Aug 2007
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Thyroid hormone replacement for subclinical hypothyroidism
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Subclinical hypothyroidism is a condition where some laboratory findings point at a thyroid gland not working properly. Patients with subclinical hypothyroidism may have vague, non-specific symptoms of actual hypothyroidism (for example dry skin, cold s...
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Jul 2007
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Hormone therapy in postmenopausal women and risk of endometrial hyperplasia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Hormone therapy may be used to manage troublesome menopausal symptoms, but is currently recommended to be given at the lowest effective dose and regularly reviewed by a woman and her doctor. In women with an intact uterus hormone therapy comprising estr...
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Testosterone for peri and postmenopausal women
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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There is good evidence that adding testosterone to hormone therapy (HT) has a beneficial effect on sexual function in postmenopausal women. However, the combined therapy is associated with a higher incidence of hair growth and acne and a reduction in hi...
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Apr 2007
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Hormone replacement therapy for preventing cardiovascular disease in post-menopausal women
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
The authors analysed the data from the 10 clinical trials - two involved healthy women and eight involved women with heart disease. Altogether the trials included about 24,000 women who had been randomly assigned to take either hormones or placebos (dum...
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Apr 2005
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| Title: |
Oral oestrogen and combined oestrogen/progestogen therapy versus placebo for hot flushes
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Hot flushes and night sweats are common symptoms around the menopause (the end of menstrual periods in a woman's life). During menopause there is a major reduction in sex hormones produced by the ovaries that cause these symptoms. The review of scientif...
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Aug 2004
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Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues for endometriosis: bone mineral density
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Endometriosis is a painful condition caused where tissue from the lining of the uterus (womb) is outside the uterus as well. It can be treated with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHas). Possible adverse effects of GnRHas include loss of bo...
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Aug 2003
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