Hi, gang,

There is an article on combined androgen-estrogen hormone replacement
therapy in this weeks MEDSCAPE.  It can be accessed at:

http://www.medscape.com/Medscape/Publishers/PMSI/EMJ/EMJ.9503.v02.n03/em2306
.gefland/em2306.gefland.html

or through the MEDSCAPE home page at:   http://www.medscape.com/
by selecting the "menopause" topic.  This route also contains an editorial
"HRT and Breast Cancer" which cites 3 studies with conflicting results.

There is no charge for MEDSCAPE, although you do have to sign in and
select a password.

The bottom line appears to be that androgen-estrogen-progestin parenteral
therapy can produce bone regrowth, cardiac and circulatory benefits without
increasing cancer risk (my reading of the study and editorial, HMMV).
Perhaps some of our physicians will comment.

Jonathan
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