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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT): Brings Better Quality of Life in Older Women?

Posted on August 26, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6552719Aging can sometimes suck, now that I think about it. Especially for women. Menopause isn't easy I've read and been told. Sleeping problems, hot flashes and night sweats - I guess each and every woman dread those and we all are going to through with it. Hormone replacement therapy - despite the previously reported downsides (such as increased mortality and increased risk of cancer and heart disease) - has been shown to relieve the symptoms of menopause and thereby providing a better quality of life to older women.As recently reported in British Medic...

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