Hormone Therapy In Postmenopausal Women Associated With Increased Risk Of Stroke
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:55
in Health & Medicine
Postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy appear to have an increased risk of stroke regardless of when they started treatment, according to a new report. Compared to women who had never used hormones, women currently taking hormone therapy had an increased risk for stroke (39 percent for those taking estrogen and 27 percent for those taking estrogen with progestin).
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