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Monthly Archives: March 2008

WHI Estrogen-Plus-Progestin Trial…

…3 Years Later
Increased risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes and invasive breast cancer — and reduced risk for fractures and colorectal cancer — did not persist after women discontinued HT.
In the summer of 2002, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) randomized trial of estrogen plus progestin was stopped after the WHI writing group concluded that […]

Health Risks and Benefits 3 Years After Stopping Randomized Treatment With Estrogen and Progestin

The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Trial Team
Gerardo Heiss, MD; Robert Wallace, MD; Garnet L. Anderson, PhD; Aaron Aragaki, MS; Shirley A. A. Beresford, PhD; Robert Brzyski, MD; Rowan T. Chlebowski, MD; Margery Gass, MD; Andrea LaCroix, PhD; JoAnn E. Manson, MD; Ross L. Prentice, PhD; Jacques Rossouw, MD; Marcia L. Stefanick, PhD; for the […]

FDA Fiddles

While Wyeth Wrings Profits From Womens BodiesHere’s some news that will make us all depressed - Wyeth has won FDA approval for its new antidepressant Pristiq. Yes, the same FDA who has just told us “bioidentical hormones” don’t exist, the […]