whether hormone replacement therapy really reduces the risk of heart disease
May 2000
There are new doubts about whether hormone replacement therapy really reduces the risk of heart disease.
The Nurses' Health Study showed a 50% lower risk of heart disease in women taking HRT. But it wasn't known if the benefit was due to the HRT...or differences in the women who chose to take it.
Researchers had hoped that the huge, prospective Women's Health Initiative would show a cardiac benefit for HRT.
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