I have been told that taking HRT protects agains cardiovascular disease. This
information must have been based on some evidence. Is it just this
formulation which carries the increased risk or is it a general risk with HRT?
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>that's not how I read it, but what do you think?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip Strange [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 10 July 2002 12:00
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: HRT study
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>
>so does this mean that if women dont take HRT they will suffer from lack of
>vigour, an inactive brain, no bottle and no zest for
>life?
>Philip Strange
>
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>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tony Gilland
>Sent: 10 July 2002 11:28
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>Subject: Re: HRT study
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ward, Bob [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 10 July 2002 10:21
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>Subject: HRT study
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>I wonder whether anybody has any thoughts about today's coverage of the
>study into the risks associated with the use of Prempro, a type of hormone
>replacement therapy. Let us use 'The Times' as an example. The front page
>headline is:
>
>HRT is linked to breast cancer: US study is halted after health fears rise;
>Patients suffer 41% increase in stroke risk; 22% increase in risk of heart
>disease
>
>***
>
>>From a quick survey, most of the papers have taken a similar approach and
>the headline figures above are what seem to stand out - particularly if you
>only read the first 3-5 paragraphs. All a bit reminiscent of the 1995 Pill
>Panic re deep vein thrombosis.
>
>The Sun and the Mirror both splash alarming headlines on their front pages.
>HOWEVER, apart from the 'inevitable' headline, I think the Mirror otherwise
>does a very good job. About 100 words in on the front page it states 'But
>British experts said the tested dose was not available in the UK and
>stressed that the increased risk was extremely ... TURN TO PAGE 6' and on
>page 6 'small'.
>
>Moreover, page 6 is primarily devoted to an exceptionally good column by
>Miriam Stoppard headlined 'Dr Miriam Stoppard on HRT's Benefits' and in very
>large print in the middle of the page 'I personally can live with the risks,
>in exchange for vigour, an active brain, plenty of bottle and a zest for
>life' - a great message in my opinion.
>
>The column begins 'Good science comes from considered analysis, not the
>spread of alarm and panic' and early on explains, more clearly I think than
>in any broadsheet I read, the context of the increased risk - that for every
>woman the risk of getting breast cancer is 1.0 per 1,000 women over 10 years
>so that a 26 per cent increase in the risk takes the figure to 1.26 per
>1,000 over the same period 'which by any accounting is not a huge jump. This
>is the way such statistics should be stated objectively to women who have
>been frightened by this report'.
>
>So for me congratulations go to Miriam Stoppard - I have to admit I haven't
>read her column before (and only occasionally read the Mirror), but I think
>I might take a look more often to see what other sense she is talking. I
>certai9nly recommend reading this one.
>
>Tony Gilland
>Institute of Ideas
>020 7269 9229
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