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A second chance for hormone replacement therapy?
Author(s) -
Brower Vicki
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/sj.embor.7400043
Subject(s) - hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , medicine , regimen , breast cancer , hormone therapy , family medicine , cancer , gerontology , gynecology , testosterone (patch)
Hormone replacement therapy for older women has been vilified after two major studies showed that it increased their susceptibility to various diseases. But scientists maintain that, used differently, it can still help to protect against neurological and cardiovascular diseases