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No heart risk from hormones taken near menopause

Contrary to some earlier indications, hormone replacement therapy might not impart heart risks to women who take it during their 50s.

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1. Effect of hormone therapy on risk of heart disease may vary by age and years since menopause
   04-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Secondary analyses of findings from the Women's Health Initiative suggest that women who begin hormone therapy within 10 years of menopause may have less risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) due to hormone therapy than women farther from menopause. Overall, hormone therapy did not reduce the risk of CHD.
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2. Timing of start of hormone therapy may have effect on risk of coronary heart disease
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3. Here's something new to worry about: Anxiety hikes heart attack risk
   01-07-2008 · EurekAlert!
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4. Research aims to identify markers for menopausal women at risk for deadly blood clot
   08-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
   In women, hormone therapy is a risk factor for venous thrombosis, a blood clot forming deep inside the vein. Although the disorder is rare, it increases exponentially during menopause and can be deadly. Hormone trials conducted thus far, focusing on proteins in blood coagulation, have not yet led to a risk profile, precluding identification of women at risk. Mayo Clinic researchers have now developed a novel concept that uses blood platelets to define thrombotic risk.
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5. Systolic blood pressure predicts mortality in heart failure patients
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6. Study suggests estrogen deficiency can lead to obesity-induced high blood pressure after menopause
   08-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
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7. Weight gain related to postmenopausal breast cancer risk
   10-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Women who gain weight throughout adulthood rather than maintaining a stable weight may have an increased risk for breast cancer, according to a report in the Oct. 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. This finding was observed among women who did not take hormone therapy after menopause.
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8. Dense breasts, hormone levels are 2 separate, independent risk factors for breast cancer
   08-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
   The density of a woman's breast tissue and her level of sex hormones are two strong and independent risk factors for breast cancer, according to a team of researchers from Harvard and Georgetown universities. The finding dispels the common belief that the risk associated with dense breasts merely reflects the same risk associated with high levels of circulating sex hormones, they say.
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9. Hormone therapy in early post-menopause has no effect on memory
   09-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Hormone therapy taken in the first few years after menopause does not appear to affect a woman's memory, but may lead to increased sexual interest, according to a study published in the Sept. 25, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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10. Blood test predicts mortality in hospitalized heart failure patients, says UCLA researcher
    05-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
    A simple blood test -- beyond standard lab tests -- taken at hospital admission strongly predicted in-hospital mortality risk for heart failure patients and may be useful in helping doctors decide which patients need higher-level monitoring and more intensive treatment.
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