In comparison to the proportion of women who received a doctor's recommendation to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the late 1990s, you should expect that the proportion today is ______.
A) larger
B) smaller
C) about the same
D) nonexistent since HRT therapies have been withdrawn from the legal drug market

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Because hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has recently been associated with significant health risks as well as benefits, the decision about whether to use HRT is now more questionable than it was previously. Although HRT risks are relatively small for most women, women's health experts now usually recommend that women use these drugs only for the short-term relief of symptoms or to address a severe risk of osteoporosis, if at all.

In Comparison to the Proportion of Women Who Received a Doctor's