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Article: Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopause Again Comes under Fire.
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- December 19, 2008
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Senate Probe of Prempro Maker Highlights Need for Hormone-Free Solutions, Including Replens Vaginal Moisturizer
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Many women take hormone replacement therapy to relieve the symptoms of menopause, despite studies showing it may increase the risk of breast cancer.
The debate over the efficacy and safety of HRT has been renewed amid an investigation by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, of Wyeth, the maker of Prempro and Premarin, two popular HRTs. Grassley is looking into Wyeth's practice of using ghostwriters to write positive medical journal articles about Prempro and whether those efforts misled doctors, The New York Times reported.
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