Reproductive endocrinology: Don't be so quick to stop hormone-replacement therapy

Nature Reviews Endocrinology 12, 1 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrendo.2015.195 Author: Rogerio Lobo Finnish women <60 years old have an increased risk of death from cardiac events or stroke within a year of stopping hormone-replacement therapy (HRT), compared with women who have not had HRT and with those on current therapy. The safety of the practice of annual discontinuation of HRT should be questioned.
Source: Nature Reviews Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: News and Views Source Type: research