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Professor Robert Langer has reviewed the evidence base for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). He reviewed the 2002 Women’s Health Institute clinical trial on HRT. “This was a very important paper where serious errors were made during this study in that many of the key investigators were not involved in the publication of results”. It was […] Read more
A recent Lancet article (12th February 2015) suggests that use of hormone replacement therapy may be associated with a slight risk in the development of ovarian cancer. While there may be a link between the development of ovarian cancer and hormone replacement therapy, the study does not confirm that H.R.T. produces ovarian cancer. The increased […] Read more
A recent Cohrane review from the 10th March 2015 has examined the value of hormone replacement therapy again. For sometime it has been known that hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women results in increased risk of deep vein thrombosis and stroke. However, this current review shows that there was no benefit in death reduction from […] Read more