HRT linked to increased urinary incontinence rate in older women. (Stress Incontinence Risk Quadrupled).
Publication: Internal Medicine News
Publication Date: 15-JUN-03
Author: Johnson, Kate
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NEW ORLEANS -- Hormone replacement therapy was associated with a more than twofold increase in risk of urge incontinence and an almost fourfold increase in risk of stress incontinence in postmenopausal women, according to a new analysis of data from the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study.
Of the nine previous randomized controlled trials of HRT for the treatment of incontinence, most showed no improvement in symptoms...
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