Women who use hormone therapy during menopause don’t have a higher risk of dying from cancer or cardiovascular disease than women who don’t, a new study shows.

Large Danish study clears menopausal hormone therapy, but there’s a catch, a researcher says

Illustration: Caroline Niegaard
Illustration: Caroline Niegaard
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Langt de fleste kvinder kan trygt tage hormoner mod gener i overgangsalderen, uden de skal bekymre sig om at dø af alvorlige bivirkninger som for eksempel brystkræft eller hjerte-kar-sygdomme.

En særlig gruppe kvinder kan endda med stor sandsynlighed forvente at leve i gennemsnit fem år længere, hvis de får hormontilskud.

Det slår danske forskere nu fast på baggrund af et gigantisk studie, der omfatter næsten 900.000 kvinder.

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