SHR # 2780:: HRT Gets The Green Light plus The Sex Factor in Blood Pressure Regulation - Dr. Stephanie Faubion, MD - Dr. Mykola Memenko, Ph.D. - Although hormone therapy (HT) remains the most effective treatment for menopause symptoms, some women have hesitated to use it because of concerns about various adverse health effects. A new study, however, is reducing some of those concerns, showing no increased risk of heart disease or type 2 diabetes relative to HT use. Study results are published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS). PLUS - Another difference between females and males appears to be a key mechanism in how they become hypertensive, scientists say, and consequently which antihypertensives should be most effective for them. “There is cumulative evidence that while the fundamental system for blood pressure control is the same, blood pressure regulation in males and females is somewhat different,”