More Guidance For Hormone Replacement Therapy - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

 Blogger's Note: the often quoted research from the WHI's initial study did not reflect some of the benefits as well as some of the discrepancies such as described in this post-WHI article including the significance of age (as one example)

(NIH)

"Women who took estrogen alone had overall rates of illness and death similar to those for women who took placebo pills. The results, however, differed by age. Women who took estrogen in their 50s had a 16% reduced risk of overall illness and death. In absolute terms, there were 19 fewer major illnesses or deaths per year for every 10,000 women in this age group compared to the same number taking a placebo.....