Health risks after cessation of postmenopausal hormone therapy

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Mon, 03/03/2008 - 23:00

Professor Amos Pines of the International Menopause Society states that "It seems that the WHI investigators have forgotten the turmoil and anxiety that they caused in 2002 when they published the preliminary results of the estrogen and progestogen cohort." By releasing the new data without performing all the necessary, important sub-analyses, women could face another unjustified turmoil related to hormone therapy.

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