Perspectives on hormone replacement therapy: the Women's Health Initiative and new observational studies sampling the overall population
Received 7 April 2008; received in revised form 5 May 2008; accepted 6 May 2008.
This commentary integrates the most recent information on coronary heart disease from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial and our new large observational studies, which complement and expand the WHI results to the overall population. Breast and colon cancer findings are also considered.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reprint requests: Kurt Barnhart, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, 3701 Market Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (FAX: 215-349-5512).
R.L.T. has nothing to disclose. M.G.W. has nothing to disclose. D.X. has nothing to disclose. K.B. has nothing to disclose.
Supported by grant RO1-HL 073911 from the National Institutes of Health.
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