hormone-replacement therapy

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hormone-replacement therapy - hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis

hormone replacement therapy, HRT

therapy - (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief"

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Expectations for hormone-replacement therapy for postmenopausal women have turned topsy-turvy in recent years.

Hormone replacement takes more hits. (Flawed Therapy) by Seppa, N. / Science News

Sally Schumacher described the first large-scale study of whether estrogen can prevent or delay dementia, using the products Premarin or Prempro, the hormone-replacement therapy already being taken by millions of postmenopausal women.

MIND : MENTAL HEALTH STUDYING A TIE BETWEEN ESTROGEN, ALZHEIMER'S by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Although women taking hormones were less likely to get colorectal cancer or to break a hip than were women on the inert pill, the positives of so-called hormone-replacement therapy weren't enough to offset the negatives, the authors say.

Hormone therapy falls out of favor. (Biomedicine) by Science News

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