Publications by authors named "Arnaldo Porcile"

Today health professionals are not only required to know medicine, but scientific reading, interpretation, and communication of new data. The new information about contraception and hormonal therapies must be analyzed by gynecologists to determine whether or not the new data are applicable to their patients and if it has an impact on their health. Recently a new study of hormonal contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer was published.

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Objectives: To evaluate the impact of low-dose oral estrogen therapy on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in 45-64-year-old women from the East Metropolitan Health Service (SSMO) in Santiago, Chile.

Material And Methods: We conducted an observational cross-sectional study. A random population sample of women between 45 and 64 years of age was obtained through an invitation to contact one of 15 primary health care centers of the SSMO of Santiago, Chile.

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Background: Tibolone has estrogenic, androgenic and progestational effects and is used in post menopausal women. It apparently has weaker effects on endometrial proliferation and mammary stimulation than conventional hormone replacement therapy.

Aim: To compare the metabolic effects of tibolone (5 mg/day) and continuous combined conjugated estrogens/medroxyprogesterone acetate in postmenopausal women.

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