Hormone replacement therapy in the post-Women’s Health Initiative era. Report a a meeting held in Funchal, Madeira, February 24-25, 2003

This article reviews the implications of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) findings on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and its application in treating postmenopausal symptoms and preventing osteoporosis. The WHI's results, which linked HRT with increased breast cancer risk, were criticized for involving an older, higher-risk population not typical for HRT’s