whether hormone replacement therapy really does reduce the risk of heart disease
May 2000
There are new doubts about whether hormone replacement therapy really does reduce the risk of heart disease.
Most experts used to think that HRT reduced the risk of heart disease. The large Nurses' Health Study showed a 50% lower risk of heart disease in women taking HRT.
This prompted more studies to determine if the cardiac benefit was due to the HRT...or to other factors.
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