article_snippet: Data from 40,000 patients found that those taking the drugs from this age were less likely to die prematurely from any cause and the threat of a heart attack was halved.
article_snippet: This large-scale review sought to investigate if This large-scale review has positive or negative effects on other areas of women’s health.
article_snippet: But startling results from the US Women’s Health Initiative study in 2002 not only found no heart disease benefits but harm caused by breast cancer.
article_snippet: But you need to weigh up the severity of the symptoms and the benefits and harms.
article_snippet: Dr David Tovey, editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Library, said: ‘The main analysis that the authors did found no benefit
article_snippet: and so we need to apply caution to the results from the sub-group analysis.
article_snippet: However if true, this apparent benefit in preventing heart disease in younger women should be considered alongside other possible benefits and emerging evidence of harms, including the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and DVT.
highlights_snippet: Data from 40,000 patients found those taking tablets were at a lesser risk .
  