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Cardiovascular Disease
Hormone therapy was not shown to decrease women's risk of cardiovascular disease
March 9th, 2006
Hormone therapy was not shown to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease in women. "Despite decades of evidence from observational studies, the use of hormone therapy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among postmenopausal women is controversial," stated investigators at Monash University in Australia. "The recent completion of several randomized clinical trials examining the effects of hormone therapy on CVD presents an opportunity to provide a more precise estimate of the cardiovascular risks of hormone therapy." "To summarize the effects of hormone therapy on CVD in postmenopausal women," explained D.J. Magliano and colleagues,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-09)
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