Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women's Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer (2024 Revised and Updated Edition)

by Carol Tavris

In that 2021 paper, they reported that after 13 years of follow-up, HRT did not increase the risk of venous thromboembolism or stroke. But in 2023, they said that it did increase the risk of thromboembolism and stroke and so, they concluded, “vasomotor symptoms should only be treated if they are bothersome.”