Good news for women seeking help with their menopause symptoms, but are leery of all the risks associated with taking pills: the French recently published a study that shows hormone patches and hormones gels are less likely than oral medications to cause blood clots.

This comes after scary news back in 2002 that many hormone replacements for women drastically increased the risk of stroke and clots. This latest information not only shows that the method of delivery may play a factor in side-effects, but most likely the dosage as well.