Wednesday, February 23, 2005

HRT and Urinary Incontinence

Adding "yet another problem" to the list of conditions that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) appears to worsen rather than improve, new findings from the Women's Health Initiative study published in today's JAMA suggest that the drugs may exacerbate urinary incontinence (UI) rather than improve it.

See complete article Effects of estrogen with and without progestin on urinary incontinence