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2. Late life depression - Wikipedia

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   Approximately 3% of healthy elderly persons living in the community have major depression. Recurrence may be as high as 40%. Suicide rates are nearly twice as high in depressed patients as in the general population. Major depression is more common in medically ill patients who are older than 70 years and hospitalized or institutionalized.

3. Why are some doctors hesitant to prescribe hormone ... - AOL

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   Further studies have shown other possible benefits to HRT, such as reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, reduced risk of bone loss and fracture and lower rates of breast cancer when using estrogen-only ...

4. Hormone replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also known as menopausal hormone therapy or postmenopausal hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy used to treat symptoms associated with female menopause. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Effects of menopause can include symptoms such as hot flashes , accelerated skin aging, vaginal dryness , decreased muscle mass , and ...

5. Progestogen (medication) - Wikipedia

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   1.3.1 Menopause and ... 3.1 Mood changes. ... A study of about 4,000 women found that progestogen-only birth control with depot medroxyprogesterone ...

6. Hormone therapy - Wikipedia

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   Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also known as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), is for women with menopausal symptoms. It is based on the idea that the treatment may prevent discomfort caused by diminished circulating estrogen and progesterone hormones, or in the case of the surgically or prematurely menopausal, that it may prolong life and may reduce incidence of dementia. [1]

7. Estrogen (medication) - Wikipedia

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   [97] [98] [99] However, in another study, the increase in VTE risk with 0.625 mg/day oral conjugated estrogens plus medroxyprogesterone acetate and 1 or 2 mg/day oral estradiol plus norethisterone acetate was found to be equivalent (RR Tooltip Relative risk = 4.0 and 3.9, respectively).