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ESTROGEN THERAPY GETS A REPRIEVE

Posted Jun 21, 07 6:09 PM CDT in Science & Health 

(Newser) – Estrogen replacement therapy was wrongly villified five years ago, when researchers told millions of post-menopausal women to stop taking it because it increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a reanalysis of the same data shows. It was a false alarm, the Los Angeles Times reports. In fact, the new analysis says, it reduces heart risks.

New findings published in today's New England Journal of Medicine indicate that HRT doesn't increase risks in patients who start taking it within 10 years of menopause;  those who took HRT for at least 7 years after menopause had 60% less atherosclerosis. One theory is that the benefits occur only if it is started before atherosclerosis sets in; estrogen started later produces the damaging effects.

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