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Black menopausal women almost 5 times less likely to be on HRT than white women

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Black menopausal women are almost five times less likely to be on hormone replacement therapy than white women, new research has found.

A study by the Menopause All Party Parliamentary Group discovered there are almost five times fewer black women and around four times fewer Asian women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) than white women.

HRT is used to alleviate menopause symptoms and many women

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