HRT 'does NOT raise risk of breast cancer'

From the Food & Health Skeptic: Is that discredited scare truly dead at last? Confusion about the safety of HRT grew yesterday as a study showed it does not increase the risk of breast cancer. Analysis of the health records of millions of British women in their 50s and 60s found no correlation between use of the controversial treatment and rates of the disease. Fears over the drug’s safety were first raised in 2002, when a major U.S. study linked it to a range of ills, including breast cancer and heart disease. More here.

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