Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Boon for Women

Jun 17
08:11

2010

Quinlan Murray

Quinlan Murray

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The American Academy of Neurology, while conducting a survey on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) in the year 2007, found out that women who undertook...

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The American Academy of Neurology,Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Boon for Women Articles while conducting a survey on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) in the year 2007, found out that women who undertook HRT immediately after menopause dramatically reduced the chances of dementia. Moreover, it has been found that risk of dementia was 1% in women who started off the therapy early while nearly double that in women who didn’t.

Hormone Replacement therapy is a recent advance. It is essentially a medical treatment containing one or more hormones, commonly estrogen, progestin, and often testosterone. Hormone Replacement Therapy is more commonly used to treat menopausal symptoms like hot flashes, vaginal dryness, mood swings, sleep disorder, and decreased sex drive. The medication is primarily given through pill, patch, cream and vaginal cream.

The benefits of the therapy are significant. It has been found that medications are quite effective in improving the attention process in post menopausal women. Research has also shown that HRT may actually prevent the development of heart disease and curtail the possibility of heart attack. Often the effects of aging muscle can be addressed with hormone replacement

Today diseases like osteoporosis, breast cancer, and problems related to menopause are very common and cause immense inconvenience to women. Sometimes their very life is at risk. Hormone therapy and is particularly useful when taken by young women with premature ovarian failure and surgical menopause .Various protocols have been suggested by Women’s Health Initiatives of National Institute of Health. They are still carrying on research in this area of medicine. Abundant information is available on the website www.onlineallergycenter.com. This website will give you a clear insight about the pros and cons of the treatment. See the sections on “hormone imbalance” and “bioidentical hormones”.