Estrogen Matters : : why Taking Hormones in Menopause can Improve Women's Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives-- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer
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Introduction: Who killed HRT? -- Does estrogen cause breast cancer? -- The "change of life" and the quality of life -- Matters of the heart -- Breaking bad -- Losing and using our minds -- Can breast cancer survivors take estrogen? -- Progesterone and the pill -- Debates, decisions, and final lessons in the case for HRT.
"For years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was hailed as a miracle. Study after study showed that HRT, if initiated at the onset of menopause, could ease symptoms ranging from hot flashes to memory loss; reduce the risk of heart disease, Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, and some cancers; and even extend a woman's overall life expectancy. But when a large study by the Women's Health Initiative announced results showing an uptick in breast cancer among women taking HRT, the winds shifted abruptly, and HRT, officially deemed a carcinogen, was abandoned. Now, sixteen years after HRT was left for dead, Dr. Bluming, a medical oncologist, and Dr. Tavris, a social psychologist, track its strange history and present a compelling case for its resurrection. They investigate what led the public--and much of the medical establishment--to accept the Women's Health Initiative's often exaggerated claims, while also providing a fuller picture of the science that supports HRT. A sobering and revelatory read, Estrogen Matters sets the record straight on this beneficial treatment and provides a path to wellness for women everywhere."--Jacket.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Little, Brown Spark, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: 310 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780316481205
0316481203
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Tavris, Carol,
SUBJECTS
Menopause -- Hormone therapy.
Estrogen -- Therapeutic use.
Menopause.