Researchers say older women who take estrogen in pill form have an increased risk of developing high blood pressure when compared to women who take the drug using transdermal or vaginal methods
Women who had any of five major adverse pregnancy outcomes had elevated risk for ischemic heart disease for as long as 46 years after delivery, researchers reported in The BMJ. “Remarkably, we found that all of them were independent long-term risk factors for ischemic heart disease, even out to 46 years of follow-up,” Casey Crump, MD, PhD, vice chair for research in the department of