Topic: Annals of Internal Medicine

US government task force urges more postmenopausal women to be screened for osteoporosisRoutine screening for osteoporosis should include all younger postmenopausal women who have at least the same chance of a bone break as an older woman, a government task force said ...
Hormone replacement therapy that includes estrogen plus progestin may not reduce the risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) during the first several years of treatment in women who started hormone therapy near menopause, according to research published in the Feb. 16 issue ...
Two-year treatment with the isoflavone phytoestrogen genistein, which is found in soybeans, helps increase bone mineral density in osteopenic postmenopausal women, according to a report in the June 19 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.. Francesco Squadrito, M.D., of Azienda Ospedaliera ...