Hormone Replacement Therapy |
ERT; Estrogen Replacement Therapy; Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT); HRT |
This article is about the treatment with sex steroids. For hormone replacement therapy in general, and for other instances in which hormones might be prescribed, see hormone therapy. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a system of medical treatment for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, based on the assumption that it may prevent discomfort and health problems caused by diminished circulating estrogen hormones. The treatment involves a series of drugs designed to artificially boost ...
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- Advisory for physicians (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Alternative Therapies for Managing Menopausal Symptoms (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
- Alternative Therapies for Managing Menopause Symptoms (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine
- Bioidentical Hormones (The North American Menopause Society (NAMS))
- Changes in the Use of Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy after the Publication of Study Results (American College of Physicians)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Estrogen Replacement Therapy (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hormone Replacement Therapy (National Institutes of Health)
- Clinician's Response to the Epidemiological Data Linking Post-Menopausal Estrogen-Progestin Therapy with an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer, A (American Society for Reproductive Medicine)
- DES: Questions and Answers
- Detailed Questions and Answers about the Women’s Health Initiative and the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (National Institute on Aging)
- Digest Page: Postmenopausal Hormone Use (National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS)
- Digest Page: Postmenopausal Hormone Use (National Cancer Institute)
- Endocrinology and Breast Cancer (Hormone Foundation)
- Estrogen and Alzheimer's Disease (Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, NIA, NIH, HHS)
- Estrogen and Progestin Dilemma: New Advice, Labeling Guidelines (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Estrogen Protocol Information Sheet (Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, NIA, NIH, HHS)
- Estrogen Replacement Therapy (Cleveland Clinic)
- Estrogen-Alone Hormone Therapy Could Increase Risk of Dementia in Older Women (National Institutes of Health)
- Estrogen-Alone Study: Selected Findings (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Estrogen-Dependant Cancers (Cleveland Clinic)
- Estrogen-Plus-Progestin Study: Selected Findings (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Facts About Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- FDA Approves Estrasorb for Treatment of Menopausal Hot Flashes (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- FDA Approves Lower Dose of Prempro, a Combination Estrogen and Progestin Drug for Postmenopausal Women (Food and Drug Administration)
- FDA Backs New Hormone Therapy Education Campaign (Cleveland Clinic)
- Hormone Foundation
- Hormone Replacement and Heart Disease (Cleveland Clinic)
- Hormone Replacement Therapy (Cleveland Clinic)
- Hormone Replacement Therapy (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Hormone Replacement Therapy (Medline Plus)
- Hormone Replacement Therapy (National Institutes of Health)
- Hormone Replacement Therapy (Cleveland Clinic)
- Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
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- Hormone Therapy (Cleveland Clinic)
- Hormone Therapy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Hormone Therapy for Menopause: Who Should Take It and What Are the Alternatives? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Hormone Therapy Raises Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence (American Cancer Society)
- Hormone Therapy Resource Guide (Association of Reproductive Health Professionals)
- Hormone Therapy: Frequently Asked Questions (Cleveland Clinic)
- Hormones After Menopause (National Institute on Aging)
- HRT and Heart Disease (Cleveland Clinic)
- Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer is Linked to Estrogen Replacement Therapy (National Cancer Institute)
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- Menopausal Hormone Therapy Information (National Institutes of Health)
- Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers
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- Menopause (National Institute on Aging)
- Menopause and Hormones (Food and Drug Administration)
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- Menopausia (National Institute on Aging)
- Menopausia, Cómo Adaptarnos al Cambio de Vida (Hormone Foundation)
- National Institute on Aging
- National Women's Health Information Center (National Cancer Institute)
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- North American Menopause Society
- Osteoporosis and Asian American Women (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Osteoporosis: The Bone Thief (National Institute on Aging)
- Phytoestrogens and Bone Health (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Phytoestrogens: Friends or Foes? (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, HHS)
- Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Associated with Increased Risk for Developing Asthma (American Medical Association)
- Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Web Site (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Prometrium/Progesterone USP Capsules, 100 mg (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, OPHS, HHS)
- Questions and Answers about Estrogen-Plus-Progestin Hormone Therapy (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Questions and Answers about the Estrogen-Alone Study (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Questions and Answers for Estrogen and Estrogen with Progestin Therapies for Postmenopausal Women (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)
- Questions and Answers on the Use of Hormones After Menopause for Osteoporosis and Recent Findings from the Women's Health Initiative (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Questions and Answers: Use of Hormones After Menopause (National Cancer Institute)
- Rates of Dementia Increase among Older Women on Combination Hormone Therapy (National Institutes of Health)
- Reducing the Prescription of Hormone Replacement Therapy after the Release of Study Results (American College of Physicians)
- Taking Charge of Menopause (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- Testosterone Replacement Therapy (Digital Urology Journal)
- The Women/'s Health Initiative (Cleveland Clinic)
- Understanding Breast Cancer Treatment - A Guide for Patients (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- WHI Estrogen-Plus-Progestin Study (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- WHI Study Finds No Heart Disease Benefit, Increased Stroke Risk with Estrogen Alone (National Institutes of Health)
- Women's Health Initiative: Background and Overview (Women's Health Initiative, OD, NIH, HHS)

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