Oral Hormone Therapy Women Linked To Heart Disease by Pooja Shete on December 22, 2020 at 7:35 PM Oral hormone therapy can significantly alter the products of metabolism in post menopausal women. For this research, blood samples from the landmark Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study were examined. This can help explain the disease risks and the protective effects which are linked to different hormone therapy regimen. The study led by a team of scientists including a University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician was published in the Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine. Raji Balasubramanian, associate professor in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, whose research connects biostatistics, molecular epidemiology and women's health said,