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Estrogen replacement therapy II: a prospective study in the relationship to carcinoma and cardiovascular and metabolic problems.
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Results revealed no statistically significant difference in that incidence of thrombophlebitis, myocardial infarction (MI), or uterine cancer, and patients in the treated group who began the study with elevated beta/alpha lipoprotein ratios showed a reduction in that ratio over the course of the study.About:
This article is published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.The article was published on 1979-07-01. It has received 445 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Estrogen & Breast cancer.read more
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Assessment of fracture risk and its application to screening for postmenopausal osteoporos
L. Alexeeva,P. Burkhardt,C. Christiansen,C. Cooper,P. Delmas,O. Johnell,C. Johnston,J. Kanis,P. Lips,Lee J. Melton,P. Meunier,Ego Seeman,J. Stepan,A. Tosteson,N. Khaltaev,J. P. Bonjour,H. Gong-Yi,R. Lindsay +17 more
TL;DR: There is little evidence that osteoporosis can usefully be tackled by a public health policy to influence risk factors such as smoking, exercise and nutrition, so the selective use of screening techniques will improve the cost-benefit ratio of intervention.
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Design of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and observational study
Garnet L. Anderson,S. Cummings,L. S. Freedman,C. Furberg,Maureen M. Henderson,Susan R. Johnson,L. Kuller,JoAnn E. Manson,A. Oberman,Ross L. Prentice,Jacques E. Rossouw,L. Finnegan,R. Hiatt,L. Pottern,J. McGowan,C. Clifford,B. Caan,V. Kipnis,B. Ettinger,S. Sidney,G. Bailey,Andrea Z. LaCroix,Anne McTiernan,Deborah J. Bowen,C. Chen,Barbara B. Cochrane,Julie R. Hunt,Alan R. Kristal,Brian J. Lund,Ruth E. Patterson,Jeffrey L. Probstfield,Lesley F. Tinker,Nicole Urban,Ching Yun Wang,Emily White,J. M. Kotchen,S. Shumaker,P. Rautaharju,F. Rautaharju,E. Stein,P. Laskarzewski,P. Steiner,K. Sagar,M. Nevitt,M. Dockrell,T. Fuerst,John H. Himes,M. Stevens,F. Cammarata,S. Lindenfelser,Bruce M. Psaty,D. Siscovick,W. Longstreth,S. Heckbert,S. Wassertheil-Smoller,W. Frishman,Judy Wylie-Rosett,D. Barad,R. Freeman,S. Miller,Jennifer Hays,R. Young,C. Crowley,M. A. DePoe,G. Burke,E. Paskett,L. Wagenknecht,R. Crouse,L. Parsons,T. Kotchen,E. Braunwald,J. Buring,C. Hennekens,J. M. Gaziano,Annlouise R. Assaf,R. C. Carleton,M. Miller,C. Wheeler,A. Hume,M. Pedersen,O. Strickland,M. Huber,V. Porter,Shirley A.A. Beresford,V. Taylor,N. Woods,J. Hsia,V. Barnabei,M. Bovun,Rowan T. Chlebowski,R. Detrano,A. Nelson,J. Heiner,S. Pushkin,B. Valanis,V. Stevens,E. Whitlock,N. Karanja,A. Clark +98 more
TL;DR: The rationale for the interventions being studied in each of the CT components and for the inclusion of the OS component is described, including a brief description of the scientific and logistic complexity of the WHI.
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Hormone Therapy To Prevent Disease and Prolong Life in Postmenopausal Women
Deborah Grady,Susan M. Rubin,Diana B. Petitti,Cary Fox,Dennis M. Black,Bruce Ettinger,Virginia L. Ernster,Steven R. Cummings +7 more
TL;DR: To critically review the risks and benefits of hormone therapy for asymptomatic postmenopausal women who are considering long-term hormone therapy to prevent disease or to prolong life-long hormone therapy is critically reviewed.
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Assessment of fracture risk and its application to screening for postmenopausal osteoporosis: synopsis of a WHO report. WHO Study Group.
TL;DR: The criteria required for an effective screening strategy for osteoporosis are largely met in Caucasian women as mentioned in this paper, which suggests that it is appropriate to consider targetting of treatment with agents affecting bone metabolism to susceptible individuals.
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Estrogen replacement therapy and coronary heart disease: A quantitative assessment of the epidemiologic evidence☆☆☆
TL;DR: The bulk of the evidence strongly supports a protective effect of estrogens that is unlikely to be explained by confounding factors and is consistent with the effect of Estrogen on lipoprotein subfractions.
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