Does HRT use raise women's cataract risk?
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 14:15
in Health & Medicine
An eight-year prospective study of more than 30,000 postmenopausal Swedish women found that those who were using or had used HRT had significantly higher rates of cataract removal, compared with women who had never used HRT. Alcohol consumption seemed to increase HRT's harmful effect.