Hormone therapy after menopause might increase risk of kidney stones.

The use of estrogen therapy by postmenopausal women might increase the risk of developing kidney stones, according to findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. In a study available online and in the issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, investigators found that estrogen therapy after menopause increased a womans chances of developing kidney stones by approximately 20%. This discovery calls into question the long-held belief that estrogen might actually protect women from the disease, and clinicians need to keep these results in mind when considering the risks and benefits of hormone therapy protocols in postmenopausal women, said Dr Naim Maalouf, assistant professor …