postmenopausal

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Then, in 2002, a government-funded clinical trial on postmenopausal women and HRT was halted after early findings that hormone therapy posed a number of health risks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Back in the 1950s, she said: "There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman."

From BBC

The reluctance to use HRT is the result of a controversial 2002 study that identified an elevated risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

From MarketWatch

Conjugated equine estrogen—made from the urine of horses and used in the WHI study—decreases breast-cancer risk in postmenopausal women when used without progesterone.

From The Wall Street Journal

They are also beneficial for older people, especially postmenopausal women, who have a higher risk of developing osteoporosis and suffering from bone loss and fractures.

From The Wall Street Journal