WHI Follow Up Study Confirms Health Risks Of Long-Term Combination Hormone Therapy Outweigh Benefits For Postmenopausal Women

New results from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) confirm that the health risks of long-term use of combination (estrogen plus progestin) hormone therapy in healthy, postmenopausal women persist even a few years after stopping the drugs and clearly outweigh the benefits.

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Filed under: Endocrinology on March 14th, 2008