ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss NIH Warning on Hormone Therapy.Business Editors ADVISORY... TOPIC: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that the long-term use of estrogen and progestin may increase the risk of breast cancer, strokes and heart attacks in women, according to an article by The Associated Press. The NIH shortened a study by three years, which included 16,600 women who used the estrogen-progestin combination. In the United States, 6 million women use the hormone combination to ease menopausal symptoms, the article says. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Erika The name Erika is Old Norse for "ever powerful" or "ruler of the people." It is also frequently spelled Erica. Its masculine forms are Erik, Eric and Derek. It is a common name in many European countries, and in Australia, North America, and Japan. Schwartz, M.D. is a physician who is an expert on natural hormone replacement therapy Hormone Replacement Therapy Definition Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the use of synthetic or natural female hormones to make up for the decline or lack of natural hormones produced in a woman's body. and women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. . 914-423-7972, fyaeger@aol.com Dr. Guizhou Hu is vice president of research and development of BioSignia, Inc. He is currently involved in the development of novel statistical algorithms The following is a list of the algorithms described in Wikipedia. See also the list of data structures, list of algorithm general topics and list of terms relating to algorithms and data structures. and building biomarker-based models for the diagnosis and prediction of chronic diseases. His areas of expertise include chronic disease, cancer and hormone replacement therapy. 919-933-2021, ghu@biosignia.com; PR: Aubrey Antley (aantley@jenningsco.com, 919-929-0225). Dr. Diana Petitti, of Women's Health Task Force, Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. , is an internationally recognized expert on oral contraceptives Oral Contraceptives Definition Oral contraceptives are medicines taken by mouth to help prevent pregnancy. They are also known as the Pill, OCs, or birth control pills. . She has published more than 30 articles on the safety of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy. PR: Laura Marshall, 510-271-5826, laura.h.marshall@kp.org. ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/ifmd/index.html. |
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