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Article: Neither HRT nor antioxidant vitamins offer cardiovascular benefits in women.(hormone replacement therapy)
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- December 19, 2002
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2002 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postmenopausal women with coronary disease do not receive cardiovascular benefits from taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or antioxidant vitamins, a new study has found. In fact, the study suggested that both treatments could cause harm.
HRT and antioxidant vitamins are often used for secondary prevention in postmenopausal women with coronary disease, but no clinical trials have demonstrated benefit to support their use, according to background information in the article.
David D. Waters, MD, of San Francisco General Hospital, and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether HRT or antioxidant ...