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: Rogerio Lobo Tags: News and Views Source Type: research