Archive for the ‘Menopause’ Category
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HRT, Hot Flashes
Friday, December 26th, 2008
NAMS Releases Updated Position Statement on HT 2/15/07 MICHELE G. SULLIVAN (Mid-Atlantic Bureau) Article Outline • Copyright The benefits of hormone therapy outweigh its risks in healthy perimenopausal and early-postmenopausal women with menopause-related symptoms and a low baseline risk of stroke, according to the revised position statement released by the North American Menopause Society. However, the […]
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Vaginal Estrogen
Tuesday, December 27th, 2005
Newer forms of treatment are now available. Points of Interest : 2005 – Vaginal Estrogen Vaginal administration of estrogen is ideal for treatment of the genitourinary symptoms of estrogen deficiency, because exposure of other organs is minimal. Doses can be administered that induce full estrogenization of vaginal tissue but have only minimal systemic effects. The potency […]