However, a number of other studies have shown small but significant increases in rates of gonorrhea, syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections.
The researchers found small but significant increases in several harmful effects in women who took the hormones.
A recent study linked the use of CT scans in children to small but significant increases in the risk of leukemia and brain cancer.
CT scans in children can cause small but significant increases in the risk of leukemia and brain cancer, a new study finds.
Earlier this month, a large federal study of the therapy was halted because the drugs, a combination of estrogen and progestin, caused slight but significant increases in the risk of breast cancer.
But then came last week's announcement that hormone replacement therapy caused small but significant increases in breast cancer, heart attack, stroke and blood clots in a nationwide study of postmenopausal women.
Interest in new therapies for osteoporosis and menopause symptoms has soared because hormone replacement therapy causes small but significant increases in the risk for breast cancer, heart attack, stroke, blood clots and gallbladder disease.
The study was halted in 2002, three years ahead of schedule, because researchers found that the hormones were causing small but significant increases in the risk of breast cancer, heart disease, strokes and blood clots in the lungs.
In the postprotamine samples, the coated oxygenator group had small but significant increases in hemoglobin, hematocrit, and leukocyte count.
The electrospun fiber shows small but significant increases in the β-sheet content in comparison with the pristine fiber.
Nevertheless, one must admit that these measurements are not very precise, such that small but significant increases in cardiac preload might be missed.
