A pair of studies published in the journal of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), Chemical Chemistry, shows that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is less of a health risk than taking birth control.
Oddly, the research was presented in the men’s health issue of Clinical Chemistry.
In a press release about the latest issue of their journal, the AACC wrote, “This issue aims not only to address men’s unmet health needs, but also to reduce health disparities by promoting dialogue between the men’s, women’s, and transgender health fields.”
The first study, conducted at the University of Washington in Seattle, looked at the risk of blood clots to those taking estrogen as part of their HRT regime.
The findings found that 2.3 blood clots appeared for each 1,000 person-years. (That is, the number of years multiplied by the number of people undergoing such treatment.)
