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Pills may merely delay hot flashes

...Use of hormone supplements plummeted.

The long-standing belief has been that symptoms subside a few years after women have their last period and that taking hormones might help women avoid symptoms.

The original study involved 16,600 women aged 50 to 79 who were given Smith was among 8,405 WHI participants surveyed by mail eight to 10 months after the study ended.

Overall, 21 percent of Ockene said those results suggest that many women on fake pills might have gone through natural menopause during the study, while for those on The study doesn't address what happens when women stop taking hormones gradually, and a JAMA editorial says tapering the results might help alleviate symptoms.

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