Doctors failing to prescribe low-dose menopausal hormone therapy, Stanford study finds

Friday, December 3, 2010 - 13:50 in Health & Medicine

Doctors across the country are still prescribing higher-dose menopausal hormone therapy pills, despite clinical evidence that low doses and skin patches work just as well and carry fewer health risks. That's what researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found in a study that will be published online Dec. 2 in Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society...

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