Sunday, 20 December 2009

Hormone Replacement Therapy for women

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is often recommended for women of a certain age.

While many of the side-effects continue to be screened, I am not sure that a particular side-effect that I have noticed is on any medical researcher's radar:

Some women become progressively shorter and lighter in weight.

What proportion of women who take HRT have this side-effect?

With what other side-effects is that linked?

Are there better ways of tackling the issues of ageing for women?

And why is it that Indian women of the same age-level never suffered the symptoms for which HRT is recommended?

Or did that apply to all women from non-industrial societies?

No comments:

Post a Comment