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Ever since the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) concluded three years ago that the long-term use of the hormones estrogen and progestin to prevent heart disease was not worth the associated health risks, women have been frustrated and confused about what to do as they go through menopause. Part of the problem is that the WHI study was never designed to look at menopause. Participants were mostly in their 60s, when more and more women begin suffering heart attacks, and not their late 40s and early 50s, when most women eventually stop menstruating. But as data presented...
...There is, says Dr. Declan Murphy of King's College London, "substantial evidence that if you use estrogens around menopause, it can have a beneficial effect on your brain age." Several (but not all) studies show significant improvements in memory and cognition. If you start taking estrogen in your 60s, however, the brain seems to suffer a bit. As always, you have to balance the risks and the benefits. But these findings show how little, even now, researchers truly understand about the role estrogen plays in women's bodies...
...years leading up to menopause. Short-term hormone therapy is still the best medical solution for the relief of hot flashes and other so-called vasomotor symptoms. Certain antidepressants may play a role in relieving hot flashes and seem particularly helpful in women who want to avoid estrogen treatment because of a history of breast cancer or concern about blood clots...
HORMONE THERAPY Estrogen (with progestin) in low doses can relieve hot flashes, night sweats and insomnia, but long-term use is discouraged. Hormones increase the risk of breast cancer, blood clots and heart disease...
Ever since the Women's Health Initiative (whi) concluded three years ago that the long-term use of the hormones estrogen and progestin to prevent heart disease was not worth the associated health risks, women have been frustrated and confused about what to do as they go through menopause. Part of the problem is that the whi study was never designed to look at menopause. Participants were mostly in their 60s, when more and more women begin suffering heart attacks, and not their late 40s and early 50s, when most women eventually stop menstruating. But as data presented...