Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Metabolic syndrome makes a difference in hormone therapy risk

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. (2012-10-31)

URL: http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/80347/Metabolic_syndrome_makes_a_difference_in_hormone_therapy_risk.html

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