Menopausal Hormone Therapy

Conference Reports
Web Resources on Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Selected Articles
ORWH-sponsored Videocasts Related to Menopause


Conference Reports

WHI Conference: The WHI Legacy to Future Generations of Women
Date: Feb 2006
Information: Conference Website

State of the Science Conference on Management of Menopausal Symptoms,
Date: March 2005
Information: Final Report on Menopause Conference Consensus Statement

Scientific Workshop: Hormone Therapy Workshop: Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Date: October 2002
Information: Workshop Presentations
Summary article
by Dr. Ruth Kirschstein

Second Annual ORWH Lectureship in Women's Health Research: "From Estrogen Receptors to Management of Menopause"
Date: February 2002
Information: Agenda

Web Resources on Menopausal Hormone Therapy

Do Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies Help Menopausal Symptoms? (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

Hormone Replacement Therapy (Medline Plus)

Latest Published Journal Articles on Hormone Replacement Therapy (Medline)

Menopausal Hormone Therapy Information (NIH)

Menopause Hormone Use: Question and Answer (National Cancer Institute)

The North American Menopause Society

Ongoing Clinical Trials and Menopause

Post Menopausal Hormone Therapy (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

The Women’s Health and Aging Study (National Institute on Aging)

Women’s Health Initiative Reference List

Women's Health Initiative Memory Study

Selected Articles

Article	Link
Study Summaries from WHI Conference (February 2006)	Study Summaries
Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women: principal results From the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial. Writing Group for the Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. JAMA. 2002 Jul 17;288(3):321-33	Medline
Conjugated equine estrogens and global cognitive function in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. Espeland MA, Rapp SR, Shumaker SA, Brunner R, Manson JE, Sherwin BB, Hsia J, Margolis KL, Hogan PE, Wallace R, Dailey M, Freeman R, Hays J; JAMA. 2004 Jun 23;291(24):2959-68.	Medline
Effects of estrogen plus progestin on risk of fracture and bone mineral density: the Women's Health Initiative randomized trial. Cauley JA, Robbins J, Chen Z, Cummings SR, Jackson RD, LaCroix AZ, LeBoff M, Lewis CE, McGowan J, Neuner J, Pettinger M, Stefanick ML, Wactawski-Wende J, Watts NB; JAMA. 2003 Oct 1;290(13):1729-38.	Medline
Conjugated equine estrogens and incidence of probable dementia and mild cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. Shumaker SA, Legault C, Kuller L, Rapp SR, Thal L, Lane DS, Fillit H, Stefanick ML, Hendrix SL, Lewis CE, Masaki K, Coker LH; JAMA. 2004 Jun 23;291(24):2947-58.	Medline
Estrogen plus progestin and the risk of coronary heart disease. Manson JE, Hsia J, Johnson KC, Rossouw JE, Assaf AR, Lasser NL, Trevisan M, Black HR, Heckbert SR, Detrano R, Strickland OL, Wong ND, Crouse JR, Stein E, Cushman M; N Engl J Med. 2003 Aug 7;349(6):523-34.	Medline
Effect of oestrogen plus progestin on the incidence of diabetes in postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Trial. Margolis KL, Bonds DE, Rodabough RJ, Tinker L, Phillips LS, Allen C, Bassford T, Burke G, Torrens J, Howard BV; Women's Health Initiative Investigators. Diabetologia. 2004 Jul;47(7):1175-87. Epub 2004 Jul 14.	Medline
Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial. Women’s Health Initiative Steering Committee, JAMA. 2004 Apr 14;291(14):1701-12.	Medline
Menopause and hypothalamic-pituitary sensitivity to estrogen. Weiss G, Skurnick JH, Goldsmith LT, Santoro NF, Park SJ. JAMA. 2004 Dec 22;292(24):2991-6. Erratum in: JAMA. 2005 Jan 12;293(2):163.	Medline

ORWH-sponsored videocasts related to menopause

Year	Title	Presenter(s) (if available)	Length (Hours:Min.)
2005	State of the Science Conference on Management of Menopausal Symptoms, Day 1		08:20
2005	State of the Science Conference on Management of Menopausal Symptoms, Day 2		04:37
2005	State of the Science Conference on Management of Menopausal Symptoms, Day 3		03:05
2003	Depression: a Risk Factor for Osteoporosis in Women? & Depression and the Perimenopause	Giovanni Cizza, M.D., Ph.D., Title: Depression: A Risk Factor for Osteoporosis in Women Lessons from the P.O.W.E.R. study as a model for integrative clinical research at NIH Affiliation: National Institute of Mental Health and Peter Schmidt, M.D. Title: Depression and the Perimenopause Affiliation: National Institute of Mental Health	01:28
2002	Second Annual ORWH Lectureship on Women's Health Research: From Estrogen Receptors to Management of Menopause	Jan-Aike Gustafsson, M.D., Ph.D, Title: Affiliation: and Rodolfo Paoletti, M.D., Ph.D. Title: Affiliation:	02:42
1999	Women's Health Research for the 21st Century: Hormone Replacement Therapy	Marianne J. Legato, M.D., F.A.C.P., Title: HRT: What Are the Real Questions? What Are the Real Answers? Affiliation: Partnership for Women's Health Peter Ganz, M.D., Title: Designer Estrogens and Other Steroidal Hormones Affiliation: Harvard Medical School Susan R. Johnson, M.D. Title: Risks and Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy Affiliation: University of Iowa Fredi Kronenberg, Ph.D. Title: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Approaches for Menopausal Women: Public Use and Professional Knowledge Affiliation: Columbia University	01:54
1999	Mood Disorders and Women: Clinical and Treatment Issues	Mary Blehar, Ph.D., Title: Overview Affiliation: NIMH Katherine L. Wisner, M.D., Title: Depression Affiliation: Case Western Reserve University Lee S. Cohen, M.D., Title: Bipolar Disorder Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital and Barbara Parry, M.D. Title: Premenstrual and Perimenopausal Mood Disorders Affiliation: University of California, San Diego	01:51
1998	Women's Health Initiative: Finding the Answers on Hormone Replacement Therapy	Suzanne Hurd, Ph.D., Title: Introduction Affiliation: NHLBI Jacques Rossouw, M.D., Title: Coronary Heart Disease and Breast Cancer Affiliation: NHLBI, Women's Health Initiative Jane Cauley, Dr.P.H., Title: Hormones and Osteoporosis Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh and Sally A. Shumaker, Ph.D. Title: Estrogen Replacement Therapy and Dementia Affiliation: Bowman Gray School of Medicine	01:44
1995	Hormone Replacement Therapy: Risks and Benefits	Morris Notelovitz, M.D., Ph.D., Title: Changes at Menopause Affiliation: The Women's Medical & Diagnostic Center Marianne J. Legato, M.D. Title: State of the Science Affiliation: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons JoAnn Manson, M.D., Ph.D., Title: Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer Affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital Florence Comite, M.D., Title: Complementary Approaches Affiliation: Yale University and Lynnette Nieman, M.D. Title: Weighing the Risks and Benefits with Your Physician Affiliation: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	02:00