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Article: Estrogen's Protection Against Dying From All Causes Measured in American Cancer Society Study.
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- January 8, 2001
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Hormone's Benefits Found Greatest for Thinner Women
ATLANTA, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ --
Women who use estrogen after menopause have lower death rates from all causes than those who do not, reports American Cancer Society researchers, and this reduction in death is greatest for coronary heart disease and for thinner women.
These findings, based on an analysis of data from the Society's landmark Cancer Prevention Study II, is published in the January 15th edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Carmen Rodriguez, Ph.D. and colleagues from the American Cancer Society's Epidemiology and Surveillance Research Department, responding to ...