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Thursday, February 05, 2004The new prevention guidelines aimed at women urge at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity most days; quitting smoking; and that high-risk women receive cholesterol-lowering drugs, preferably statins, and take omega 3 and folic acid supplements. Isn't that the same advice women have been getting already? (Although the folic acid recommendation isn't as solid as the others, see post below.) The CNN story says they're also telling women to avoid hormone replacement therapy. It's impossible to tell what the guidelines really say, since they aren't available at the Circulation web site yet, but this UPI story suggests what they really say is that you shouldn't expect your hormone replacement therapy to save you from heart disease: The panel urged post-menopausal women: -- not to begin combined, estrogen-plus-progestin hormone therapy to prevent cardiovascular disease; -- not to continue estrogen-plus-progestin therapy to prevent cardiovascular disease, and -- not to begin or continue other forms of post-menopausal therapy to prevent cardiovascular disease, pending the findings of ongoing clinical trials. You can still take them for hot flashes if you need to, though. posted by Sydney on 2/05/2004 07:20:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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