Menopausal Hormone Therapy Drugs Appear Not To Increase Risk Of Premature Death,

“The largest and longest clinical trials to date of menopausal hormone therapy have found that the drugs do not increase the risk of premature death,” researchers reported. In the Journal of the American Medical Association, study lead author JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, FACE, “chief of the division of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,” and colleagues “reported the results of two randomized trials.” In one trial, “16,608 women took either a placebo or a combination of estrogen and progesterone for an average of 5.6 years.” In the second trial “10,739 women took either a placebo or estrogen alone for an average of 7.2 years. The women were 50 to 79 years old.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/well/live/taking-hormones-for-menopause-doesnt-raise-early-death-risk.html