title: Hormonic convergence. Finding balance through hormone replacement therapy.
abstract: Most women today live longer than 80 years, and with menopause beginning anywhere from a woman's late 30 s to early 50 s, most women can expect to live for 30 postmenopausal years or more without the beneficial and protective affects of estrogen.
authors.affiliation: Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Cotter
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged