Hormone Replacement Therapy

• Latest News
• Estrogen Number One Menopause Treatment (10/18/2004, United Press International)
• Hormone Therapies Have Different Effects on Heart (10/08/2004, Reuters Health)
• Frequently Asked Questions about Hormone Therapy (10/04/2004, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Menopausal Hormone Therapy Information (National Institutes of Health)
• Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Questions and Answers about Estrogen-Plus-Progestin Hormone Therapy (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Questions and Answers about the Estrogen-Alone Study (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Overviews
• Frequently Asked Questions about Hormone Therapy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Hormone Therapy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Hormones After Menopause (National Institute on Aging)
• Menopause and Hormones (Food and Drug Administration)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Treatment
• FDA Approves Estrasorb for Treatment of Menopausal Hot Flashes (Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA Approves Lower Dose of Prempro, a Combination Estrogen and Progestin Drug for Postmenopausal Women (Food and Drug Administration)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Estrogen Replacement Therapy (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Hormone Replacement Therapy (National Institutes of Health)

• Alternative Therapy
• Alternative Therapies for Managing Menopausal Symptoms (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
• Hormone Therapy for Menopause: Who Should Take It and What Are the Alternatives? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Related Issues
• Estrogen and Progestin Dilemma: New Advice, Labeling Guidelines (Food and Drug Administration)
• Estrogen-Alone Study: Selected Findings (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Estrogen-Plus-Progestin Study: Selected Findings (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• NIH Asks Participants in Women's Health Initiative Estrogen-Alone Study to Stop Study Pills, Begin Follow-up Phase (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Phytoestrogens and Bone Health (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Questions and Answers about the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (National Institute on Aging)
• Questions and Answers for Estrogen and Estrogen with Progestin Therapies for Postmenopausal Women (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)

• Research
• Changes in the Use of Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy after the Publication of Study Results (American College of Physicians)
• Estrogen-Alone Hormone Therapy Could Increase Risk of Dementia in Older Women (National Institute on Aging)
• Hormone Therapy Raises Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence (American Cancer Society)
• Menopause: An Update, 2003 (National Institute on Aging) - Links to PDF File
• Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Associated with Increased Risk for Developing Asthma (American Medical Association)
• Rates of Dementia Increase among Older Women on Combination Hormone Therapy (National Institute on Aging)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Reducing the Prescription of Hormone Replacement Therapy after the Release of Study Results (American College of Physicians)
• WHI Study Finds No Heart Disease Benefit, Increased Stroke Risk with Estrogen Alone (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Organizations
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine
• Hormone Foundation
• National Institute on Aging
• National Women's Health Information Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
  Also available in: Spanish
• North American Menopause Society