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Sunday, July 04, 2010

Medical News: ENDO: Society Calls for New Look at Hormone Therapy - in Meeting Coverage, ENDO



Note: this fact from the WHI was ignored by many:

"However, Santen said, the average age of the women in the WHI was 63. Only 3.4% of women in the study were ages 50 and 55, "the usual time when women would decide to take hormone therapy," he said." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The take-home message, he concluded, is that "physicians and patients need to rethink the use of menopausal hormone therapy based on these new data. "The statement suggests a change in perspective and a need to consider the risks and benefits [of hormone therapy] for women actually considering its use."

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