Women report symptoms after hormone therapy
July 19, 2005 07:17

When hormone replacement therapy is discontinued, women experience a return of symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats. Many women may now have given up taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopausal symptoms because of health concerns. Recent research has suggested that some forms of HRT, at least, have more risks than benefits. A team at the University of Massachusetts now reports on what happens when women do stop taking HRT. http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=1!gid1=7349

WHO's cancer research group - the International Agency for Research on Cancer - announced yesterday that it had reclassified the pill and hormone replacement therapy from "possibly carcinogenic to humans" to "carcinogenic to humans". The reclassification concerns combined eostrogen-progestogen treatments and places the compounds used in the drugs in the same classification as tobacco and asbestos. However, doctors have urged caution in interpreting the conclusions.

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