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10 Must-Do Health Checks For Women Over 50
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hormone therapy not recommended for chronic disease prevention in menopausal women
Commentary on: Nelson HD, Walker M, Zakher B, et al.. Menopausal hormone therapy for the primary prevention of chronic conditions: a systematic review to update the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations. Ann Intern Med 2012;157:104–13. Context In 2005, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated its 2002 hormone replacement therapy recommendations, advising against the routine use of oestrogen and progestin (E+P) and unopposed oestrogen (E) to prevent chronic conditions in menopausal women. Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) had been commonly prescribed to prevent conditions such as cardiovascula...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - May 15, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Wenger, N. K. Tags: Pancreas and biliary tract, Epidemiologic studies, Drugs: cardiovascular system, Dementia, Stroke, Contraception, Drugs: obstetrics and gynaecology, Menopause (including HRT), Ischaemic heart disease, Venous thromboembolism, Memory disorders (psychiatry), Source Type: research

In recently postmenopausal women, HRT reduced a composite of death, MI, or heart failure at 10 years.
CONCLUSION In recently postmenopausal women, hormone replacement therapy reduced a composite of death, myocardial infarction, or heart failure after 10 years of therapy and an additional 6 years of follow-up.Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) vs no HRT in recently postmenopausal women†OutcomesEvent ratesAfter 10 y of therapyHRTNo HRTRRR (95% CI)NNT (CI)Death, MI, or HF‡3.2%6.5%50% (11 to 72)31 (22 to 144)At 16 yDeath, MI, or HF§6.6%11%37% (4 to 59)26 (17 to 251)†HF = heart failure; MI = myocardial infarction; other abbreviations defined in Glossary. RRR, NNT, and CI calculated from event rates and hazard ratios in ar...
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - February 19, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Cheung AM Tags: Ann Intern Med Source Type: research

Health maintenance in women.
Abstract The health maintenance examination is an opportunity to focus on disease prevention and health promotion. The patient history should include screening for tobacco use, alcohol misuse, intimate partner violence, and depression. Premenopausal women should receive preconception counseling and contraception as needed, and all women planning or capable of pregnancy should take 400 to 800 mcg of folic acid per day. High-risk sexually active women should be counseled on reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections, and screened for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. All women should be screened for huma...
Source: American Family Physician - January 1, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Riley M, Dobson M, Jones E, Kirst N Tags: Am Fam Physician Source Type: research