Hormone therapy may aid in managing depressive symptoms during menopause, study suggests

Hormone therapy (HT) is already recognized as the most effective treatment option for physiologic menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, but a new study is one of the first to suggest that it might also help manage depressive symptoms. It further documented a high rate of depression during menopause. Results of the study are published in Menopause, the journal of The Menopause Society.