Comments on: Should women really “have no fears” about using HRT? http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/05/31/should-women-really-have-no-fears-about-using-hrt/ Understanding and managing the mid-life transition Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:45:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dr Stockmann http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/05/31/should-women-really-have-no-fears-about-using-hrt/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Dr Stockmann Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:02:58 +0000 http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/05/31/should-women-really-have-no-fears-about-using-hrt/#comment-212 HRT risks have been well documented with the evidence based medicine standard during the last years. Opinions from famous doctors are ... only opinions with a low level of evidence (in any case lower than the scientific papers). Please consult some of the most recent evidence from the WHI, included in JAMA, at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/299/9/1036 Regards, Dr. T. Stockmann HRT risks have been well documented with the evidence based medicine standard during the last years. Opinions from famous doctors are … only opinions with a low level of evidence (in any case lower than the scientific papers). Please consult some of the most recent evidence from the WHI, included in JAMA, at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/299/9/1036

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Dr. T. Stockmann

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