An Ethical Assessment of Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38288691/
The use of compounded bioidentical hormone therapy (cBHT) continues to grow in popularity despite the availability of many US Food and Drug Administration-approved hormone products produced in different formulations and...
The study authors commented that promoting and prescribing cBHT as first-line therapy violates a number of ethical tenets of medical and pharmacy practice and should be discouraged without a compelling reason.
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The Benefits and Risks of Menopause Hormone Therapy for the Cardiovascular System in Postmenopausal Women: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Source : https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-023-02788-0
Menopause hormone therapy (MHT), as an effective method to alleviate the menopause-related symptoms of women, its benefits, risks, and potential influencing factors for the cardiovascular system of postmenopausal women are...
Menopause hormone therapy can improve flow-mediated arterial dilation in the overall population of postmenopausal women, but it fails to lower the risk of all-cause death and cardiovascular events.
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The Effect of Music on Menopausal Symptoms, Sleep Quality, and Depression: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38265351/
This study shows that music may have an effect on reducing the level of menopausal symptoms and depression levels and also increasing the sleep quality of menopausal women.
The post-test Menopausal Symptoms Rating Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index scores of the menopausal women were found to be lower in women who listened to music twice a day for 5 weeks than in the control group.
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Skin Rejuvenation in Women Using Menopausal Hormone Therapy: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38230593/
MHT increases elasticity and collagen content in the skin, thereby reducing the severity of wrinkles and increasing skin thickness. Nevertheless, more well-conducted clinical trials are required to answer all questions...
Menopausal hormone therapy increased elasticity and collagen content in the skin, thereby reducing the severity of wrinkles and increasing skin thickness.
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Hormonal and Reproductive Factors in Relation to the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women: a Prospective Cohort Study With 223,526 Participants
Source : https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/1/e003338.long
This study aimed to examine rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk associated with hormonal and reproductive factors in women from the large cohort of the UK Biobank. Data on hormonal and reproductive...
Hormone replacement therapy and its duration of use were both associated with a higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis.
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