Letters

摘要

We read with consternation your recommendation of hormone therapy (HT) for menopausal women ("The time of her life", December 14th). The media swing from admonishing women that hormone therapy will hasten their death to advising them that it will save their lives. Although ht has very real benefits for alleviating menopausal symptoms, no consistent evidence shows that it prevents cardiovascular disease. Some studies suggest a benefit, others find no benefit or even harm. The problem arises when the findings of one study are disregarded while the findings of another (potentially even more flawed) study are taken as fact.