'Feeling hot, hot, hot': is there a role for exercise in the management of vasomotor and other menopausal symptoms?
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'Feeling hot, hot, hot': is there a role for exercise in the management of vasomotor and other menopausal symptoms?
©FFPRHC J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007: 33(3) Background Until recently, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was a popular treatment for vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes and night sweats) but evidence1,2 reporting adverse effects of hormone therapy and negative media reports have raised important questions about its use. It seems that both clinicians’ and patients’ confidence in the use of HR...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1471-1893,0000-0000
DOI: 10.1783/147118907781004958