31.   The only women advised to take estrogen alone are those who have had hysterectomies and therefore do not have to worry about uterine cancer.

32.   The results were better the longer a woman took estrogen, the research found.

33.   The researchers did find an increased risk of other, less common types of breast cancer in women who took estrogen.

34.   The risk of both can be lowered by taking estrogens, which also alleviate postmenopausal symptoms like hot flashes and vaginal dryness.

35.   The women taking estrogen might have been more health-conscious to begin with, said Willis and other epidemiologists.

36.   The women taking estrogen seem to have slightly more heart attacks and strokes.

37.   They found that for every five years a woman takes estrogen alone, the risk of breast cancer increases about six percent.

38.   There, too, the women taking estrogen initially had more heart attacks.

39.   They were highest in women taking estrogen alone, but almost as high in those women on estrogen and micronized progesterone, Dr. Bush reported.

40.   Triglyceride levels may also rise somewhat in postmenopausal women who take estrogen by mouth and in people who take bile acid sequestrants, a common medication for lowering cholesterol.