Oct 02 2008
Study: Postmenopausal hormones via gel, patch less risky for heart
Study: Postmenopausal hormones via gel, patch less risky for heart - USATODAY.com
A study of hormone use in nearly 700,000 Danish women over 50 suggests that when it comes to heart attack risk, patches or gels are safer than the combination pills most American women use.The authors say this is the largest postmenopausal hormones study since the Women’s Health Initiative, which randomly assigned 27,000 U.S. women to estrogen or estrogen-plus-progestin pills or to a placebo.
