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Article: Estrogen Therapy Did Not Cut Rate of Second Strokes.(Brief Article)
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- Family Practice News
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- March 15, 2001
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- Estrogen replacement therapy did not cut stroke incidence in postmenopausal women with a history of cerebrovascular disease.
Moreover, results from the first prospective, controlled trial to study the impact of estrogen on secondary prevention of cerebrovascular disease suggested that estrogen may have boosted the early risk of stroke and worsened the severity of nonfatal strokes, Dr. Lawrence M. Brass reported at the 26th International Stroke Conference.
These findings were strikingly similar to results from the Heart and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study (HERS), reported last year, which showed that estrogen did not cut the ...