Estrogen matters
Subtitle: why taking hormones in menopause can improve women's well-being and lengthen their lives-- without raising the risk of breast cancer
By: Avrum Bluming, MD, and Carol Tavris, PhD
Contributors: Tavris, Carol, author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780316481205
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Hormone therapy; Therapeutic use; Estrogen; Menopause
Description: "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."--Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Who killed HRT?; title: Does estrogen cause breast cancer?; title: The "change of life" and the quality of life; title: Matters of the heart; title: Breaking bad; title: Losing and using our minds; title: Can breast cancer survivors take estrogen?; title: Progesterone and the pill; title: Debates, decisions, and final lessons in the case for HRT.