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June 20, 2007, 6:21PM
Estrogen may offer some heart benefits
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
© 2007 The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Five years after a landmark study scared millions of women off hormones for menopause symptoms, new research suggests the pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who start taking them in their 50s. Women who took estrogen suffered less hardening of the arteries than those who took dummy pills, researchers reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine....
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Here's another one I found on the same subject.
New Study Finds Estrogen Replacement Therapy Safe For Most Women (http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007703525)
June 20, 2007 8:48 p.m. EST
Nidhi Sharma - AHN News Writer
Estrogens are a group of steroid compounds, named for their importance in the estrous cycle, and functioning as the primary female sex hormone. Estrogens are used as part of some oral contraceptives, in estrogen replacement therapy of postmenopausal women, and in hormone therapy for transsexual women.