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Hormone Replacement Therapy Dangerous

Research presented in the July 3, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association and in a special online edition on July 9, 2002 says that Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) does not work to lower the risk of heart disease as previously thought. Instead it actually increases the risk.

Researcher Dr. Jacques Rossouw of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute says, “women should not start or continue to use the therapy [HRT] to prevent heart disease. The findings show that it doesn’t work. In fact, the therapy increases the chance of a heart attack or stroke. Additionally, it increases the risk of cancer and blood clots.”

The actual numbers are startling. According to the researchers, HRT increased the number of strokes by 41%, heart attacks by 29% and breast cancer by 26%.

There are currently more than 13.5 million American women using HRT.

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