March 10, 2015

the latest evidence on HRT and cardiovascular health

Hormone replacement therapy has long been a controversial subject, with different studies demonstrating complex benefits and risks associated with women taking HRT. The latest review into the evidence has been published in the Cochrane Library.

The new evidence on HRT now suggests different benefits and risks according to the age of women, or how long since their menopause that they started treatment.

This review adds a few more pieces to a complicated jigsaw of evidence relating to the use of HRT to treat symptoms of the menopause helping to inform women about their HRT choices.

Cochrane experts came to the Science Media Centre to discuss their findings.

Speakers:

Dr Henry Boardman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Dr David Tovey, Editor in Chief, The Cochrane Library