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RCGP urges women on HRT not to be alarmed by new study

The Royal College of GPs has urged women on HRT to not be alarmed by a new study that shows long-term use of hormone therapy could lead to a small increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

The Royal College of GPs has urged women on HRT to not be alarmed by a new study that shows long-term use of hormone therapy could lead to a small increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Authors of the BMJ study said that the increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease was not related to the type of progestogen or the age at initiation of systemic hormone therapy. They said that though the absolute risk increase for Alzheimer’s disease was small, their data should be implemented into information for present and future users of hormone therapy. The study compared the use of hormone therapy between Finnish postmenopausal women

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