Hormone Replacement = Increased Pancreatitis Risk

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Hormone Replacement = Increased Pancreatitis Risk

Use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been associated with an increased risk for acute pancreatitis in a prospective study of more than 30,000 women in Sweden.

Women who had ever used HRT had a 57% increase in the risk for acute pancreatitis compared with women who had never used HRT, lead author Viktor Oskarsson, MD, and colleagues report in the current issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, published online January 27.

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