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My doctor has suggested Estrogen Repalcement Therapy or HRT. Does it help?

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My doctor has suggested Estrogen Repalcement Therapy or HRT. Does it help?

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There is no question that estrogen can slow bone loss around the time of menopause, but the scientific evidence is very clear that after 5-6 years, bone loss continues at the same rate, with or without estrogen. Also, a very large study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1995, studying risk factors for hip fractures in white women, which followed over 9500 women for eight years, found no benefit in estrogen supplementation in women over the age of 65.

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