Society for Endocrinology - a world-leading authority on hormones

Low-dose HRT patches better than pills for stroke risk (BBC News Online, 3 June 2010)

03 Jun 2010


A study published in the British Medical Journal has determined that women taking hormone replacement therapy have a slightly increased risk of stroke unless they administer it via low-dose patches or take oral HRT for less than a year, although the researchers add that the overall risk itself is still very small.

Full article