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Article: Study Finds No Reduction of Fractures or Height Loss Associated With HRT.(hormone replacement therapy )
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- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- April 19, 2001
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2001 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of a four-year, multi-center study published in the April 5, 2001, issue of the American Journal of Medicine indicate that hormone replacement therapy did not reduce the incidence of fractures or height loss in postmenopausal, non-osteoporotic women.
The Heart Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, secondary prevention trial of cardiovascular disease, was designed to determine if estrogen plus progestin reduces the incidence of fractures or height loss in postmenopausal women with coronary disease. Twenty clinical centers in the U.S., including the University of ...