Tag: "hrt" at biology news
Anti-inflammatory drugs interact with HRT, and more
... ... Any cardio protective effect of hormone replacement therapy may be inhibited if women are taking a particular type of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory pain killer, report researchers led by Garret FitzGerald from University of Pennsylvania in a paper published this week in PLoS Medicine.. The researchers examined the medical records of 1,673 women aged between 50 and 84 years from the U...
Not all breast cancers' risk are increased by HRT
Recent research presented today at EBCC-5 from the million women study found that taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) increased the risk of some types of breast cancer, but not others. ...... Scientists analysed the data from the UK study to try and find a link between HRT and the type of breast cancer that developed. The research found that women who took HRT had an increased risk of develo...