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Women who use hormones show nearly double risk of heart attack.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)

| August 07, 2003 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Marilynn Marchione

MILWAUKEE _ New research from the nation's largest women's health study gives more evidence that taking hormones for even as little as a year after menopause could be dangerous.

The odds of having a heart attack nearly double in the first year on the drugs and stay higher with longer use than those for women not taking hormones, concludes the study, published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The risk applied to virtually all women, not just those with other risk factors, such as high blood pressure or a family history of heart problems.

Millions of women took estrogen and progestin for relief of…

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