I have been using HRT patches for the past ten months without incident. But recently they have been falling off within hours of applying them. Dr Martin Scurr replies ....
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) might help to reduce dementia risk for women, especially if they take it during the so-called “menopause transition phase”, according to a study published in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
But the results do not establish that HRT caused the difference... HRT use was associated with a 26% lower relative risk of dementia in this group ... Women who take HRT may differ from those who do not in ways that also affect dementia risk.
Researchers are investigating whether HRT affects dementia risk, but the evidence does not yet establish that it offers protection ... But the results do not establish that HRT caused the difference ... What does this mean for someone taking HRT?.
A first-of-its-kind study has found hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could reduce suicidal thoughts among menopausal women by more than 90% ... The results of that alluded that HRT caused cancer, but since then that has been debunked several times.
double quotation mark. The perfect storm of work stress, menopause and raising kids meant our sex life slowly slipped out of view. Rob and I have been together for 33 years but, weirdly, the past 18 months have been the peak of our sex life for me ...Yes.
But also in the brain and the bones.”HRT is harmful ... In 2002, the Women’s Health Initiative – a US study on HRT – reported that breast cancer rates increased when taking it. This prompted scare stories in the media and led women to ditch their HRT.