While menopause is commonly considered a risk factor for heart disease, menopausal women had a lower risk of dying from heart attack than men, according to research done at the University of Michigan and published in July 2015 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. However, this difference was less pronounced among blacks. A… Continue reading White Menopausal Women Have Lower Risk of Dying from Heart Attack Than Men or Black Women Do
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HRT Neither Raises Nor Lowers Risk of Dying
Menopausal hormone therapy (HT) does not have a significant effect on the risk of death, according to a Mayo Clinic review of the medical literature published over the past three decades. The results, which included studies with follow-up as long as 18 years, were presented in March 2015 at the Endocrine Society’s 97th annual meeting… Continue reading HRT Neither Raises Nor Lowers Risk of Dying