News tagged with 'Progestin'

A new study published in the European Heart Journal suggests hormone therapy replacement, or HRT, does not raise the risk of heart attack in women, but rather how and when it is administered.

A new European study on the effects of hormone replacement therapy indicates that progestin, not estrogen, may cause breast cancer in women. Presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Swedish Society of Medicine in Goteborg, the study involved 30,000 women, including 3,500 taking hormone-replacement medications to