Family history of colon cancer is an established risk factor for the disease, but only one study, according to Henderson's team, has looked at whether family history affects the link
between HRT and colon cancer risk — and it found no evidence that it did.
The latest WHI study validates everything that Dr. Lee said about the connection
between HRT and cancer.
No significant difference in overall survival was found
between HRT and CRT but researchers noted that the possibility exists that men in excellent health could also achieve an overall survival benefit with HRT as compared with CRT.
Not exact matches
Between 1997 and 2003, DesignWrite oversaw the publication of dozens of peer - reviewed articles, conference abstracts and posters on
HRT, receiving up to $ 25,000 per project.
The documents detail arrangements made
between Wyeth, DesignWrite — the company it employed to pen articles on
HRT, based in Princeton, New Jersey — and the academic authors named on papers.
Millions of older women ping - ponged
between shock, confusion, alarm, and anger in July when researchers dropped a bombshell: Hormone replacement therapy (
HRT), long touted as a panacea that would slow aging, does more harm than good.
A study of 172 women without depression and aged
between 45 and 60 has found that a year of
HRT treatment can help stop symptoms of depression emerging in women who are entering the menopause or who are in the early stages of post-menopause.
Although several case reports have indicated that there may be an association
between use of
HRT and risk of acute pancreatitis, the evidence from large studies is sparse.
It's important to make a distinction
between bioidentical hormones and other forms of
HRT.
Scientists from the Northern California Cancer Center and Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research noted that
HRT use dropped 68 percent in the state
between 2001 and 2003.
It's key to draw a distinction here
between bioidentical hormones and more conventional
HRT.
When the researchers performed a separate analysis of those using
HRT and those not using
HRT, there was no consistent relationship
between retinol intake and fracture risk among those using
HRT, while multivariate analysis yielded a statistically significant 252 percent increased risk in the highest quintile of vitamin A intake among women not using
HRT.9
Finally, it should be reiterated that the Nurses» Health Study found the association
between vitamin A and fracture risk to be concentrated among postmenopausal women not using hormone replacement therapy (
HRT).
Women and Heart Disease Dr. John Lee explains the differences in heart disease
between women and men, and how hormones and
HRT affect women's hearts.
Doheny K. Birth Control Pills,
HRT Tied to Digestive Ills: Researchers found apparent connections
between estrogen treatments and Crohn's Disease, colitis.