correlational
Analysis v1
Strong Support
Women in the UK between 40 and 70 who are prescribed estrogen-based medications like patches or vaginal tablets seem to live longer than those who aren’t, even when you account for things like smoking or diabetes.
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Association between prescription drugs and all‐cause mortality risk in the UK population
Cohort Study
Human
2024 DecThe study found that women in the UK who were prescribed estradiol (a type of estrogen) lived longer than those who weren’t, which matches the claim that estrogen therapies lower death risk in middle-aged women.
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