Menopausal Hormone Therapy Information
New findings from the Women's Health Initiative and other studies offer important information about the risks and benefits of long-term menopausal hormone therapy. The links below point to information resources, including the most current from the NIH, on both long-term and short-term hormone use, and other concerns related to women's health during and after menopause.
Women's Health Initiative Hormone Therapy Study
- WHI Study Data Confirm Short-Term Heart Disease Risks of Combination Hormone Therapy for Postmenopausal Women, February 15, 2010—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Analyses from the WHI: Effect of Hormone Therapy on Risk of Heart Disease May Vary by Age and Years Since Menopause, April 3, 2007—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Women's Health Initiative—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Findings from the Estrogen-Alone Study—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Findings from the Estrogen Plus Progestin Study—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Menopausal Hormone Therapy
- Hormones and Menopause—National Institute on Aging
- Estrogen and Estrogen with Progestin Therapies for Postmenopausal Women—Food and Drug Administration
- Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy—National Cancer Institute
- National and regional health resources on Hormone Replacement Therapy—MedlinePlus
- Hormone Replacement Therapy for the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Postmenopausal Women—U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
- Decrease in Breast Cancer Rates Related to Reduction in Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy, April 18, 2007—National Cancer Institute
Menopause
- Menopause: Time For a Change—National Institute on Aging
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Management of Menopause-Related Symptoms, March 21-23, 2005—National Institute on Aging and the Office of Medical Applications of Research
- Black Cohosh—National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Office of Dietary Supplements
- Menopausal Symptoms and CAM—National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis—National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Questions & Answers on the Use of Hormones after Menopause for Osteoporosis—National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy—NIH Consensus Development Conference
Dementia
- Rates of Dementia Increase Among Older Women on Combination Hormone Therapy—National Institute on Aging
- Estrogen Plus Progestin and the Incidence of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Postmenopausal Women—Journal of the American Medical Association
- Effect of Estrogen Plus Progestin on Global Cognitive Function in Postmenopausal Women—Journal of the American Medical Association
- Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center—National Institute on Aging
Understanding Risk
- Understanding Risk: What Do Those Headlines Really Mean?—National Institute on Aging
This page last reviewed on September 5, 2012
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