By LYNDSAY MOSS HEALTH CORRESPONDENT WOMEN taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in pill form may more than double their risk of suffering a potentially fatal blood clot, researchers revealed yesterday.

By Lyndsay Moss Health Correspondent WOMEN should not be put off using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) because of over-hyped fears about its health risks, a panel of international experts concluded yesterday.

British researchers reported yesterday that women who use birth control pills are protected against ovarian cancer for 30 years or longer after they stop taking the pills. They claim the pill has prevented at least 100,000 deaths.

By Tanday, Sanjay GPs have been told to continue to advise women to use HRT despite the latest claims linking its use to ovarian and breast cancer, menopause experts say.

A MAJOR alert over hormone replacement therapy was issued today. A new study found the therapy for menopausal women could have contributed to the death of 1,000 British women from ovarian cancer since 1991.