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Up to 7 years of hormone therapy is safe for postmenopausal women, new data show
Source: Los Angeles Times
Up to 7 years of hormone therapy is safe for postmenopausal women, new data show
By Melissa Healy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017, 4:20 PM
For decades now, women navigating menopause have been buffeted by shifting research findings on the risks and possible benefits of hormone-replacement therapy. Now, a landmark clinical trial that followed more than 27,000 subjects for roughly 18 years has offered some conclusive evidence that neither the hype nor the grim warnings about hormone-replacement therapy were warranted.
In findings published Tuesday in the journal JAMA, women who were randomly assigned to take some form of hormone-replacement therapy for a median of six to seven years were no more, nor less, likely to die of any cause over the study’s duration than were women who had been assigned to receive a placebo treatment.
The women who got synthetic estrogen and progesterone hormones to replace their naturally declining levels were no more (nor less) likely than those who got a placebo to die of stroke or heart failure. And they were neither more nor less likely to die of cardiovascular disease or cancer.
University of Pittsburgh Dr. Melissa McNeil, who wrote an editorial appearing alongside the new findings, called them “both compelling and reassuring.”
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By Melissa Healy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017, 4:20 PM
For decades now, women navigating menopause have been buffeted by shifting research findings on the risks and possible benefits of hormone-replacement therapy. Now, a landmark clinical trial that followed more than 27,000 subjects for roughly 18 years has offered some conclusive evidence that neither the hype nor the grim warnings about hormone-replacement therapy were warranted.
In findings published Tuesday in the journal JAMA, women who were randomly assigned to take some form of hormone-replacement therapy for a median of six to seven years were no more, nor less, likely to die of any cause over the study’s duration than were women who had been assigned to receive a placebo treatment.
The women who got synthetic estrogen and progesterone hormones to replace their naturally declining levels were no more (nor less) likely than those who got a placebo to die of stroke or heart failure. And they were neither more nor less likely to die of cardiovascular disease or cancer.
University of Pittsburgh Dr. Melissa McNeil, who wrote an editorial appearing alongside the new findings, called them “both compelling and reassuring.”
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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-hormone-therapy-safe-20170912-story.html
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Related:
• Findings: Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality (JAMA)
• Editorial: Menopausal Hormone Therapy Understanding Long-term Risks and Benefits (JAMA)
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They can have my HR pills when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers.
Now called "estrogen intolerant" ...
Very god damned unpleasant at best! 
If lucky they'll give you some sort of cream that might help, MIGHT.
