Menopausal Hormone Therapy Information

New findings from the Women's Health Initiative and other studies offer important information about the risks and benefits of long-term menopausal hormone therapy. The links below point to information resources, including the most current from the NIH, on both long-term and short-term hormone use, and other concerns related to women's health during and after menopause.

	Estrogen-Alone Hormone Therapy Could Increase Risk of Dementia in Older Women, June 22, 2004
	WHI Study Finds No Heart Disease Benefit, Increased Stroke Risk With Estrogen Alone, April 13, 2004
	NIH Asks Participants in Women’s Health Initiative Estrogen-Alone Study to Stop Study Pills, Begin Follow-up Phase , March 2, 2004
	Questions and Answers About the Estrogen-Alone Study - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
	Questions and Answers About the WHI Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Trials - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Women's Health Initiative Hormone Therapy Study

	Women's Health Initiative - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
	Findings from the Estrogen-Alone Study - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
	Findings from the Estrogen Plus Progestin Study - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Menopausal and Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy

	Estrogen and Estrogen with Progestin Therapies for Postmenopausal Women - Food and Drug Administration
	Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
	Postmenopausal Hormone Use - National Cancer Institute
	Questions & Answers on Use of Hormones After Menopause - National Cancer Institute
	Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Summary of a Scientific Workshop - Annals of Internal Medicine
	Medical journal articles on Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy
	National and regional health resources on Hormone Replacement Therapy - MEDLINEPlus
	Hormone Replacement Therapy - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
	Alternative Therapies for Managing Menopausal Symptoms - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
	Questions and Answers About Black Cohosh and the Symptoms of Menopause - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Office of Dietary Supplements

Menopause

	Menopause - National Institute on Aging
	Menopause: Companion 2003 - National Institute on Aging
	Information Page on Menopause - Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
	Assessing and Improving Measures of Hot Flashes -- Meeting Summary - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

Osteoporosis

	Osteoporosis - National Institute on Aging (NIA)
	Questions & Answers on the Use of Hormones after Menopause for Osteoporosis - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
	Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy - NIH Consensus Development Conference

Ovarian Cancer Risk

Press Release about Ovarian Cancer Risk - National Cancer Institute

Dementia

	Rates of Dementia Increase Among Older Women on Combination Hormone Therapy - National Institute on Aging
	Questions and Answers About the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study - National Institute on Aging
	Detailed Questions and Answers About the Women's Health Initiative and the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study - National Institute on Aging
	WHIMS Findings on Dementia - Journal of the American Medical Association
	WHIMS Findings on Cognitive Function - Journal of the American Medical Association
	WHI Memory Study website - National Institute on Aging
	Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center - National Institute on Aging

Understanding Risk

Understanding Risk: What Do Those Headlines Really Mean? - National Institute on Aging

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