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Study Finds Risk of Heart Attack Doubles
During First Year of HRT Use

The final results of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Study were published in the Aug. 7 New England Journal of Medicine and concluded that women using the estrogen plus progestin form of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) nearly double their risk of heart attacks during the first year of treatment.

photo-3The federally funded study also found that the combination therapy increases the risk of heart attacks among women who already had levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol above 155. The combo therapy used in the study was …