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Focus on hormones: Estrogen therapy - benefits in the timing?
Focus on hormones
Estrogen therapy — benefits in the timing?
New findings suggest safety in short-term use of estrogen to ease the symptoms of menopause.
Is estrogen good for a woman's heart, or bad for it? That's a simple question with a complex and as-yet incomplete answer. It almost certainly depends on a woman's age and where the estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is coming from.
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