Recent Research Shows That Standard Hormone Replacement Therapy, Which Combines

question 6

Multiple Choice

Recent research shows that standard hormone replacement therapy, which combines estrogen with progestin, tends to increase the risk of all of the following except:

• A) osteoporosis
• B) heart attack
• C) breast cancer
• D) stroke

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