"For people who do not want to take hormonal therapy for hot flashes, this represents an option, " Loprinzi said.

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Then when a randomized trial showed that hormonal replacement therapy actually raised the early risk of heart attack, women were understandably upset.

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The same goes for hormonal replacement therapy for post-menopausal women.

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