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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 Most of the data came from existing observational trials, however, not the gold-standard randomized trials, so the findings should be interpreted with caution, the authors warned.
Other experts agreed.
"It's observational and very interesting, but clearly more studies need to be done," said Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, director of women and heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "Maybe this opens the door for a way to give hormones more safely to those who need it."
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Last updated 5/23/2008
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SOURCES: Pierre-Yves Scarabin, M.D., director, research, National Institute of Health and Medical Research, and cardiovascular epidemiology section, Paul Brousse Hospital, Villejuif, France; Suzanne Steinbaum, D.O., director, women and heart disease, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; May 23, 2008, British Medical Journal
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