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We are now starting to understand that the role of the estrogen receptor is not identical in all tissues. Important nongenomic effects for sex hormones have also been described. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has produced effects on health risks: some are reduced, some are increased, and the rest remain uncertain. HRT is being used by an increasing number of women to alleviate climacteric symptoms in the perimenopausal period and to prevent osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease later. Positive effects on Alzheimer's disease and dementia on the one hand, and an increase in venous thrombosis on the other, are currently being reported by several groups. Both the preventive benefits and the risk of breast cancer seem to be linked to long-term and current use. HRT requires further testing through specific clinical trials, currently underway in the United States, before confident recommendations may be made about the full range of benefits and risks.
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Table of contents (47 chapters)
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Cardiovascular Risk
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women’s Health and Menopause
Book Subtitle: Risk Reduction Strategies
Editors: R. Paoletti, P. G. Crosignani, P. Kenemans, G. Samsioe, M. R. Soma, A. S. Jackson
Series Title: Medical Science Symposia Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5560-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4697-5Published: 31 August 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6343-2Published: 28 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5560-1Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0928-9550
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 341
Topics: Gynecology, Biochemistry, general, Epidemiology, Public Health