replacement therapy
noun
: therapy involving the supply of a substance (such as a hormone or nutrient) lacking in or lost from the body compare estrogen replacement therapy, hormone replacement therapy
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In 2025, many medical professionals, including myself, have become more open to testosterone replacement therapy as newer research has disproven some of the significant risks previously feared, such as concerns over prostate cancer or cardiovascular disease.
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
This means that even if estrogen is available via replacement therapy, cells may be less responsive to it.
—Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Nearly 16% of unvaccinated patients needed a form of dialysis known as continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) -- a continuous, slow-motion dialysis that runs 24 hours a day -- compared with about 11% of vaccinated patients.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 June 2025
The researchers examined which participants developed kidney disease severe enough to require a type of dialysis known as CRRT, or continuous renal replacement therapy.
—Shiv Sudhakar, NBC news, 13 June 2025
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
This means that even if estrogen is available via replacement therapy, cells may be less responsive to it.
—Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Nearly 16% of unvaccinated patients needed a form of dialysis known as continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) -- a continuous, slow-motion dialysis that runs 24 hours a day -- compared with about 11% of vaccinated patients.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 June 2025
The researchers examined which participants developed kidney disease severe enough to require a type of dialysis known as CRRT, or continuous renal replacement therapy.
—Shiv Sudhakar, NBC news, 13 June 2025
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replacement therapy
noun
re·place·ment therapy
ri-ˈplā-smənt- 
: therapy involving the supplying of something (as nutrients or blood) lacking from or lost to the system see estrogen replacement therapy, hormone replacement therapy
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