Hormone therapy worsens urinary incontinence.(HOTFLASHES)

From: A Friend Indeed | Date: March 1, 2005 | Copyright information

In the February 23 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 293, No. 8), Dr. Susan Hendrix at Wayne State University in Detroit and her colleagues, reported on results from the Women's Health Initiative Study for the effects of hormone replacement therapy on urinary incontinence (UI) after one year's use. More than 27,000 ethnically diverse women from 40 North American centres were assessed at the beginning of the study for symptoms of 'stress' UI--caused by l...

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