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Transgender People Often Have Heart Risks: Study
THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 -- Many transgender people who take hormone therapy have unaddressed risks for heart disease and stroke, a new study finds. These patients often have undiagnosed high blood pressure and high cholesterol, even in young...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Hormone use and stroke
Publication date: Available online 14 March 2016 Source:Apollo Medicine Author(s): Pushpendra Nath Renjen, Dinesh M. Chaudhari, Mahir Meman Strokes are an important cause of disability and death among older women. Because many women use hormone therapy for the control of perimenopausal symptoms and to prevent osteoporosis after menopause, establishing whether such therapy has other health effects is of considerable clinical importance. Overall, 55% of strokes occur in women, and women account for nearly 60% of all stroke-related deaths. Women appear to be protected from heart disease and stroke before menopause. This ...
Source: Apollo Medicine - March 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Hormone therapy for preventing cardiovascular disease in post-menopausal women.
CONCLUSIONS: Our review findings provide strong evidence that treatment with hormone therapy in post-menopausal women overall, for either primary or secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease events has little if any benefit and causes an increase in the risk of stroke and venous thromboembolic events. PMID: 25754617 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 10, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Boardman HM, Hartley L, Eisinga A, Main C, Roqué I Figuls M, Bonfill Cosp X, Gabriel Sanchez R, Knight B Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research