Consumer Health: Menopause, hormone replacement therapy and heart health

Long-term hormone replacement therapy used to be prescribed routinely for postmenopausal women to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms. Hormone replacement therapy also was thought to reduce the risk of heart disease. However, research has been mixed, including one trial that found a small increase in heart disease in postmenopausal women using combined estrogen [...]
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