Free Republic

Shooting of an unarmed Maryland man, with a .223 rifle- related to the recent Maryland sniper attacks?

HRT Truth It’s not all bad. Hormone Replacement Therapy has been all over the news since a recent trial revealed that HRT comes with some significant health risks. The trial, funded by the Women's Health Initiative, was terminated prematurely after its safety-monitoring board found HRT responsible for a 26-percent increase in breast-cancer incidence. Even women who have taken estrogen and progestin for decades have consequently decided to forego treatment for postmenopausal symptoms altogether, after learning of HRT's supposed carcinogenic properties. Similarly, the drug industry is now forced to consider the possibility of liability for any serious medical condition incurred while...

Hormones Raises Heart Disease, Cancer Risk - Study Tue Jul 9, 6:00 PM ET By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women wondering whether to take hormone replacement therapy got a clear answer on Tuesday: Don't, if the goal is to lower the risk of heart disease and other chronic illness.Healthy women who take combined hormone replacement therapy after menopause increase their risk of breast cancer ( news - web sites), stroke, blood clots and heart disease, researchers said.The risks are so high the federal government stopped a trial of women taking hormone replacement therapy, or...

Hormones Don't Shield Older Women From Heart Attack Tue Jul 2, 5:31 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not protect older postmenopausal women with heart disease from heart attacks or death and may even increase their risk of certain other health problems, according to the results of a large national study. However, it is not clear from the research whether hormones protect women who did not already have heart disease, Dr. Diana B. Petitti from Kaiser Permanente Southern California in Pasadena writes in an accompanying editorial. The findings, published in the July 3rd...