- Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) with Estrogen and Progesterone may or may not change the risk of developing heart disease in postmenopausal women. This is according to a study published in the February issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
According to a new analysis of the ‘Women’s Health Initiative’ study, menopausal women, who took estrogen and progesterone hormone replacement therapy, had a slightly increased risk of coronary heart disease within the first few years of treatment. The caveat is that the slightly increased risk was not statistically significant.