Guest guest Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 extracted from larger article at: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001093504.htm Hormone Replacement Therapy And Heart Attack Risk: Danish Study Provides New Information ScienceDaily (Oct. 2, 2008) — It's not what you take but the way that you take it that can produce different results in women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to new research on the association between HRT and heart attacks, published online in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal... ....The study also found that the type of HRT and the way that the women took it made a difference to the risk of heart attacks. Continuous HRT (a continuous combination of oestrogen and progesterone) carried a 35% increased risk of heart attacks compared with women who had never used HRT. But if HRT was taken on a cyclical basis (oestrogen, followed by a combination of oestrogen and progesterone) there was a tendency for these women to have a reduced risk of heart attacks compared to women who had never used HRT, and this was also seen if a synthetic hormone, tibolone, was used. If the method of taking the oestrogen was via a patch or gel on the skin or in the vagina, the risk of heart attack reduced by more than a third (38% and 44% respectively). ~ ruby ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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