HRT 'can help women get a decent night's sleep'

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may help women get a better night's sleep, a new study has found.

Research by the Women's International Study of long Duration Oestrogen after Menopause (Wisdom) looked at 2,120 post-menopausal women in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

On average the women studied had gone through the menopause 13 years ago.

Alastair MacLennan from the Australian branch of Wisdom said: "Our results show that hot flushes, night sweats, sleeplessness and joint pains were less common in women on HRT in this age group."

He added that overall women on HRT had an improved quality of life.

Professor MacLennan also said that any side effects experienced by women on HRT could be alleviated by adjusting the treatment.

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