Where postmenopausal hormone therapy stands today

Where postmenopausal hormone therapy stands today.

Where Stands Functoriality Today?

The notion of functoriality arose from the spectral analysis of automorphic forms but its definition was informed by two major theories: the theory of class fields as created by Hilbert, Takagi, and Artin and others; and the representation theory of semisimple Lie groups in the form given to it by Harish-Chandra. In both theories the statements are deep and general and the proofs difficult, hig...

Where ankle fusion stands today.

A retrospective study involving thirty-six patients with thirty-seven ankle fusions was undertaken to assess the rate of fusion, the subjective and objective results, the residual subtalar and midtarsal movement, and the functional disability. Fusion occurred in thirty-one ankles (84 per cent). Twenty-four patients were reviewed, on average 7.5 years after fusion, and eighteen had good or excel...

Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy— Where Are We Now?

More and more women are entering their postmenopausal years, requiring more training of women’s health care professionals and greater research efforts to further uncover the benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). In the Western world, menopause occurs at about 51.4 years, and currently close to 42 million women in the United States are older than 50 years [1]. With a life expe...

Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy.

Several comprehensive accounts of postmenopausal hormone replacement treatment have been published in the United Kingdom in the past year`so in this review we concentrate on areas which, while often controversial, are of concern to the practising physician. We discuss the effects of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy on the risks of developing coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, and c...