Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Hormone therapy increases risk of heart attack or dying in women with metabolic syndrome

A new analysis of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trials show that women who had metabolic syndrome before they started hormone therapy had a greatly increased risk of heart attack or dying of heart disease. Women who didn't have metabolic syndrome beforehand showed no increased risk.

URL: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20121031/Hormone-therapy-increases-risk-of-heart-attack-or-dying-in-women-with-metabolic-syndrome.aspx

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