Article: Estrogen Did Not Reduce Strokes in Women at Risk.

Article: Estrogen Therapy Did Not Cut Rate of Second Strokes.(Brief ...
Family Practice News;  March 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... trial to study the impact of estrogen on secondary prevention of ... cerebrovascular disease suggested that estrogen may have boosted the early ... and worsened the severity of nonfatal strokes, Dr. Lawrence M. Brass ... results from the Heart and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study ...

Article: Preventative Effects Of Hormone Replacement Therapy ...
Health & Medicine Week;  November 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... randomly assigned to receive estrogen instead of placebo. However ... to stroke was higher in the estrogen group and that the nonfatal strokes in that group were associated ... higher among women in the estrogen group. There were no significant ...

Article: Does not protect against CHD: WHI quantifies risks, benefits of ...
OB GYN News;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... telephone press briefing. The estrogen-only arm of the WHI was ... of nonfatal stroke among estrogen users, compared with women ... translates into 12 additional nonfatal strokes per 10,000 person-years among estrogen users. An estrogen user ...

Article: Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Stroke. WEST: The Women's ...
OB/GYN Clinical Alert;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... This study indicated that estrogen treatment was not effective ... studies, that postmenopausal estrogen therapy reduces the risk of ... placebo group. The severity of nonfatal strokes in the estradiol group was ... treated group (with daily estrogen and progestin) and the placebo ...

Article: Estrogen therapy does not reduce risk of recurrent stroke ...
M2 Presswire;  October 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... placebo-controlled trial of estrogen for prevention of second strokes ... randomly assigned to receive estrogen therapy had a borderline higher ... of fatal stroke and their nonfatal strokes were associated with slightly ... menopausal women also found that estrogen was not beneficial. The ...

Article: Preventative Effects Of Hormone Replacement Therapy ...
Pain & Central Nervous System Week;  November 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... randomly assigned to receive estrogen instead of placebo. However ... to stroke was higher in the estrogen group and that the nonfatal strokes in that group were associated ... higher among women in the estrogen group. There were no significant ...

Article: Preventative Effects Of Hormone Replacement Therapy ...
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  November 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... randomly assigned to receive estrogen instead of placebo. However ... to stroke was higher in the estrogen group and that the nonfatal strokes in that group were associated ... higher among women in the estrogen group. There were no significant ...