Hormone Pills Increase Breast Cancer Risk

The risk of breast cancer more than doubles in older women who take hormone pills that combine estrogen and testosterone according to a recently published long-term study, reports the Associated Press (click the post title to read the article).

Over the course of the 24-year study of more than 70,000 nurses, the use of hormone supplements that combine estrogen and testosterone increased as evidence linked the hormone combination to better bone density, improved mood and greater sexual enjoyment. Women who took the estrogen-testosterone combination after menopause had a 2.5 times higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who never took hormones.

"This type of hormone therapy may help with mood, libido and bone-mineral density, but the possible risk of breast cancer may outweigh these benefits," notes study co-author Rulla Tamimi of Harvard Medical School.

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