NPR's Wendy Schmelzer reports on new findings from a study on hormone replacement therapy in women who have already gone through menopause. Researchers have developed a mathematical formula that balances the risks and benefits of estrogen therapy -- and they discovered that estrogen adds six months to an average woman's lifespan. But other scientists say the study is flawed and that the last word isn't in on the value of estrogen therapy.
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