Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

A look at the controversy regarding bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms.Contributor: Ann LeSuer-CollinsPublished: Jan 07, 2010  

TYLER – The family of a deceased Texas woman claims her death was caused by the use of hormone replacement drugs and is suing the drugs' manufacturers for concealing the risks. Ernest Joe Whatley, independently and as estate representative of Delores Ann Spann Whatley, and her heirs, Christopher Scott Whatley and Tara Shea Whatley Howington, filed a product liability lawsuit against Wyeth, Pfizer, Pharmacia and Upjohn Co. and Watson...  

A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated more than 100 lawsuits against drug companies filed by women or their surviving relatives who claimed that hormone replacement therapy caused breast cancer.  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some hopeful hints from earlier research, a new study finds that older women on hormone replacement therapy may not gain any protection from disability as they age.  

Q. Lately I've been hearing a lot about bio-identical natural hormone replacement therapy for women. What is it? Is it safer than conventional hormones? And why would women want to take it? A. For at least 20 years, naturopathic physicians have ...  

Drop in hormone replacement therapy doesn't fully explain the 7% falloff, researchers say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Topics: Breast Cancer, Hormone Replacement Therapy  

Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Scientists have found little evidence suggesting that menopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy are at an increased cardiovascular disease risk. Although the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on CVD are favourable, these depend on the woman’s age and medical background. There is a trend that HRT is cardioprotective in younger women. [...]  

"Pfizer faces $103 million in Prempro damages": This front page article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer. And in today's edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Amaris Elliott-Engel reports that "Drugmakers Get Double Dose of Bad News Over Hormone-Replacement Therapy Products;...  

Bloomberg News reported that a Philadelphia jury has awarded an Illinois woman at least $6.3 million in damages after finding that two Pfizer Inc. hormone- replacement therapy drugs, Prempro and Provera, caused her breast cancer and led to her having a double mastectomy in 2002.  

Some of our mothers and grandmothers swore by traditional hormone replacement therapy. Some didn't. My own mother never took anything for her perimenopause.Contributor: Magnolia MillerPublished: Nov 23, 2009  

Pfizer Inc. has been ordered to pay punitive damages totaling $103 million in two lawsuits involving Prempro. Prempro is a hormone replacement therapy medication marked by Pfizer’s Wyeth unit. A Philadelphia jury yesterday awarded $28 million in punitive damages to a 66-year-old woman who claimed her breast cancer was the result of taking Prempro and [...]  

Two Pfizer Inc. units’ hormone- replacement therapy drugs caused an Illinois woman’s breast cancer, making them liable for at least $6.3 million in damages, a Philadelphia jury ruled today. Jurors deliberated about five hours before finding that the combination of Wyeth’s Prempro and Pharmacia & Upjohn’s Provera menopause drugs was a substantial contributing factor in Donna Kendall’s breast cancer. Kendall, 66, had a double...  

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Declining use of hormone replacement therapy may be driving down rates of a condition called "atypical ductal hyperplasia," a known risk factor for breast cancer, new research suggests.  

Protecting hormonal health through diet and natural nutritional supplements. To attain the greatest benefits from natural bioidentical hormones and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), proper food and natural nutritional supplements are crucial. If you consistently remain on a balanced nutritional supplement regimen and a healthy diet, you will help your body to utilize and metabolize bioidentical hormones through the most natural...  

HRT or Hormone Replacement is a great treatment option for averting osteoporotic fractures during the course of its use, though its benefits plummet subsequent to its stoppage. The usage of HRT as a curative agent for this purpose alone is not counseled for majority of women.