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Study rebuts claims that hormones improve post-menopausal life.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)

| March 17, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Marie McCullough

PHILADELPHIA _ Although some women beg to disagree, a landmark government study finds no evidence that hormone therapy enhances the quality of life for women after menopause.

For decades, many doctors and women have believed that hormones make women feel better by improving such hard-to-assess things as mood, memory, vitality, insomnia and sexual satisfaction.

The study rebuts this idea. While estrogen and progestin are effective for relieving hot flashes and vaginal dryness _ problems that the drugs are approved to treat _ women who do not have those menopausal symptoms will not feel better over the long term than women taking placebo…

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