HRT&#39;s Link to Higher Blood Clot Risk Confirmed
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Women who receive combination hormone therapy are at double the risk of developing blood clots in their veins, according to a major government study on the treatment.
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About a quarter of U.S. women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone back on it, according to a new study.
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Estrogen-progestin pills double post-menopausal women&#39;s chances of developing dangerous blood clots, and the risk is even higher for overweight patients and those over 60, researchers say.
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New drug-oozing stents widely used to prop open clogged arteries are associated with an increased risk of blood clots, heart attacks and death for the majority of patients receiving the devices, an expert panel concluded yesterday.
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Two recent studies that suggested oral contraceptives reduced a woman&#39;s risk of heart disease and cancer seemed to take conventional wisdom and stand it on its head.
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The risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs may be higher for women using the birth-control patch instead of the pill, according to a warning on the product's label disclosed Wednesday.
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Migraine sufferers take note, new research suggests you are at twice the risk of suffering a stroke, and if you&#39;re a woman using the pill for birth control, the risk is even greater.
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NEW YORK  - Transfusion of blood from a donor around the time of surgery appears to increase the risk of blood clots in women, but not in men, according to a new study.
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Women using some hormone replacement therapies may be putting their hearing at risk, a US study says.
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An updated analysis of data from studies of anemia drugs used with cancer treatments showed that they increase risk of death and blood clots, an industry newsletter reported on Friday.
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A widely publicized study that has already linked hormone replacement therapy to an increased risk of stroke, heart attack and some cancers also uncovered a blood clot hazard, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Wyeth WYE.N on Wednesday faced   accusations that one of its hormone replacement therapy (HRT)   drugs caused breast cancer in a 67-year-old woman as one of the   thousands of trials the drug maker is facing over the treatment   got underway.
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SEATTLE - Postmenopausal women who take combination estrogen-plus-progestin hormone-replacement therapy for one year experience a twofold increase in breast density â- known risk factor for breast cancer â - a quadrupled risk of having an
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Hormone replacement therapy can  raise the risk of an uncommon type of breast cancer fourfold  after just three years, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Women were warned Wednesday that their risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs may be higher if they use the birth-control patch instead of the pill.
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About a quarter of U.S. women who  stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found  to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone  back on it, the American College of Obstetricians and  Gynecologists said on Friday.
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New evidence emerges of a link between the pregnancy disorder pre-eclampsia and heart disease.