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MEDLINEplus Health Topic: Hormone Replacement Therapy
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hormonereplacementtherapy.html: Comprehensive consumer health information. Latest news, overviews from the National Institutes of Health, alternative therapies, current research and more from MEDLINEplus, the consumer health database from the National Library of Medicine.
University of Virginia Public Forum on the New HRT Study
http://www.med.virginia.edu/medcntr/specialty/women/spec-events.html: Links to online handouts including: HRT info sheet, HRT and Heart Disease, Heart Attack Prevention Guidelines, and the Alternative Approaches to Midlife Sheet. Also includes audio files of the 7/17/2002 UVa Community Forum. [Requires QuickTime]
Hormone Replacement Therapy Decision Guide from MayoClinic.com
http://www.mayoclinic.com/takecharge/healthdecisionguides/hrt/index.cfm: This guide is intended to give you the most current information available about HRT and suggests questions for you to consider and discuss with your doctor as you decide whether HRT is a good option for you.

NIH News Release: NHLBI Stops Trial of Estrogen Plus Progestin Due to Increased Breast Cancer Risk, Lack of Overall Benefit
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jul2002/nhlbi-09.htm: News bulletin from The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about the Women's Health Initiative estrogen and progestin trial.
NPR Special Report: Damaging News for Hormone Therapy. Women Reconsider HRT After Studies Show Health Risks
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/hrt/index.html: Comprehensive news coverage of all aspects of the latest hormone replacement therapy issues from National Public Radio.
Washington Post: Hormone Replacement Gets New Scrutiny: Finding of Increased Risks Prompts Federal Effort
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14702-2002Aug13.html: Article outlining a new federal initiative which will include several public forums this fall sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Web page also includes links to other recent Washington Post articles about HRT.
Rueters Health
http://www.reutershealth.com/en/index.html: News stories from the world's leading provider of medical and health care news. Search within Health eLine for recent stories on hormone replacement therapy.

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JAMA Vol. 288 No.3, July 17, 2002
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v288n3/fpdf/joc21036.pdf: This article reports principal results for the trial of combined estrogen and progestin in women with a uterus from the Women's Health Initiative.
JAMA Vol. 288 No.3, July 17, 2002
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v288n3/rpdf/joc20074.pdf: The results of a study done by the National Cancer Institute to determine whether hormone replacement therapy using estrogen only, estrogen-progestin only, or both estrogen only and estrogen-progestin increases ovarian cancer risk.
JAMA Vol. 288 No.1, July 3, 2002
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v288n1/ffull/joc20521.html: Information about Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS), which found no overall reduction in risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) events among postmenopausal women with CHD.
Science 2002 Jul 19;297(5580):325-6
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/297/5580/325: Discussion regarding recent news about hormone replacement therapy.