Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Appears To Increase Risk Of Blood Clots In Veins

... Estrogen therapy may increase the risk of venous thrombosis, the formation of blood clots in the veins, among postmenopausal women who have had their uterus removed, according to a study in the April issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Venous thromboembolism (VT), which includes the conditions deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in a deep vein) and pulmonary embolism (a blood clot that travels to the lungs), affects about one adult per 1,000 years of life, according to background information in the article... click link for more info. ...