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Heart Disease and HT
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Does hormone therapy (HT) have effects on cardiovascular disease?
Women taking HT (also known as hormone replacement therapy – HRT) appear to have a lower risk of heart disease, but there may be many reasons for this. HT, in tablet form, reduces cholesterol as well as having favourable effects on the blood-vessel wall. However, it also increases the risk of blood clots forming when blood-vessel plaques rupture. Currently HT should be avoided in women with established heart disease.
Understanding Research and Risk
Hormone therapy update: where are we now
heart_disease Blood Pressure: how to control yours (Women's Weekly Series)
By Professor Garry Jennings
Heart Health: What Every Woman Should Know (Women’s Weekly Series)
By Lisa Offord
Take Heart: What you need to know
The National Heart Foundation www.heartfoundation.com.au
Content updated May 16, 2008
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