Definitions for hormone replacement therapy
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1. hormone replacement therapy, hormone-replacement therapy, HRTnoun

   hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis

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1. hormone replacement therapynoun

   Any of several medical regimens that introduce hormones to the body to replace lost or unavailable ones.

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1. Hormone replacement therapy

   Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also known as menopausal hormone therapy or postmenopausal hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy used to treat symptoms associated with female menopause. These symptoms can include hot flashes, vaginal atrophy, accelerated skin aging, vaginal dryness, decreased muscle mass, sexual dysfunction, and bone loss or osteoporosis. They are in large part related to the diminished levels of sex hormones that occur during menopause.Estrogens and progestogens are the main hormone drugs used in HRT. Progesterone is the main female sex hormone that occurs naturally and is also manufactured into a drug that is used in menopausal hormone therapy. Although both classes of hormones can have symptomatic benefit, progestogen is specifically added to estrogen regimens, unless the uterus has been removed, to avoid the increased risk of endometrial cancer. Unopposed estrogen therapy promotes endometrial hyperplasia and increases the risk of cancer, while progestogen reduces this risk. Androgens like testosterone are sometimes used as well. HRT is available through a variety of different routes.The long-term effects of HRT on most organ systems vary by age and time since the last physiological exposure to hormones, and there can be large differences in individual regimens, factors which have made analyzing effects difficult. The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is an ongoing study of over 27,000 women that began in 1991, with the most recent analyses suggesting that, when initiated within 10 years of menopause, HRT reduces all-cause mortality and risks of coronary disease, osteoporosis, and dementia; after 10 years the beneficial effects on mortality and coronary heart disease are no longer apparent, though there are decreased risks of hip and vertebral fractures and an increased risk of venous thromboembolism when taken orally."Bioidentical" hormone replacement is a development in the 21st century and uses manufactured compounds with "exactly the same chemical and molecular structure as hormones that are produced in the human body." These are mainly steroids derived from plants and can be a component of either registered pharmaceutical or custom-made compounded preparations, with the latter generally not recommended by regulatory bodies due to their lack of standardization and formal oversight. Bioidentical hormone replacement has inadequate clinical research to determine its safety and efficacy as of 2017.The current indications for use from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) include short-term treatment of menopausal symptoms, such as vasomotor hot flashes or vaginal atrophy, and prevention of osteoporosis.

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1. hormone replacement therapy

   Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is a medical treatment often utilized during menopause, where hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, whose levels have decreased in the body, are replaced or supplemented. This therapy can help to alleviate symptoms associated with lower hormone levels like hot flashes, night sweats, mood changes, and vaginal dryness. HRT can also be used for conditions that cause hormone levels to drop, for transgender individuals during their transition, or for anti-aging purposes. However, it needs to be administered under the close supervision of a healthcare professional due to potential side effects and risks.

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1. Hormone replacement therapy

   Hormone replacement therapy in menopause is medical treatment in surgically menopausal, perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. Its goal is to mitigate discomfort caused by diminished circulating estrogen and progesterone hormones in menopause. Combination HRT is often recommended as it decreases the amount of endometrial hyperplasia and cancer associated with unopposed estrogen therapy. The main hormones involved are estrogen, progesterone and progestin. Some recent therapies include the use of androgens as well. The 2002 Women's Health Initiative of the National Institutes of Health found disparate results for all cause mortality with hormone replacement, finding it to be lower when HRT was begun earlier, between age 50-59, but higher when begun after age 60. In older patients, there was an increased incidence of breast cancer, heart attacks and stroke, although a reduced incidence of colorectal cancer and bone fracture. Some of the WHI findings were again found in a larger national study done in the UK, known as The Million Women Study. As a result of these findings, the number of women taking hormone treatment dropped precipitously. The Women's Health Initiative recommended that women with non-surgical menopause take the lowest feasible dose of HRT for the shortest possible time to minimize associated risks.

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1. Hormone Replacement Therapy

   Therapeutic use of hormones to alleviate the effects of hormone deficiency.

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   The numerical value of hormone replacement therapy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of hormone replacement therapy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hormone replacement therapy in a Sentence

1. Richard Isaacson:

   I wholly agree with this statement but for women in the peri-menopause and early menopause, hormone replacement therapy may sometimes be considered based on a variety of other factors.

2. David Geier:

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3. Oliver Hall:

   Doctors don't have a lot of knowledge about trans bodies, and that's where we might get people being misinformed about the risk of pregnancy on [ hormone replacement therapy ], or even people who are on estrogen or on hormone blockers are sometimes misinformed about their ability to impregnate, that's the result of institutional transphobia not prioritizing knowledge about trans bodies.

4. Richard Isaacson:

   While it’s not the first time a study has shown that early treatment with hormone replacement therapy may be more protective for a women’s brain, it did suggest for the first time that greater amounts of tau protein may be associated with later initiation of hormone treatment.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikipedia
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