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Article: Pill that could CHANGE YOUR LIFE.(Features)
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- Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- July 11, 1999
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THE menopause or "change of life" as it's commonly referred to, tends to happen to a woman in her 40s or 50s.
Hot flushes and mood swings, caused by abrupt changes of hormone, are all too familiar symptoms which makes life miserable for women and their families.
To help, the treatment often recommended is hormone replacement therapy (HRT)which balances hormone levels.
Yet, this is only one of the advantages that HRT offers. It benefits the older woman in many other ways - lowering heart attack rates, helping fight osteoporosis (brittle bones), ...