The greatest experiment ever performed on women
Subtitle: exploding the estrogen myth
By: Barbara Seaman
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780786887347; 9780786868537
Subjects: Estrogen; Hormone therapy; Popular works; Popular Medicine; Menopause; Adverse effects; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Therapeutic use; Popular Works
Description: Examines the use of estrogen in treating menopausal women, debunking myths about the use of hormones in preventing disease, detailing estrogen's detrimental health impact, and explaining when it is safe and helpful.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. How did all this happen?; title: Introduction I. Smart doctors, foolish forecasters; title: 1. On the path to Premarin; title: 2. Fountain of youth or Golden Fleece?; title: 3. How has Premarin fared in the United States, and who was Robert Wilson?; title: 4. A daring program to keep women young; title: 5. Crazy people in America; title: 6. Censorship, class-action lawsuits, and dangerous off-label prescription drugs; title: 7. Madeline Gray : when nature throws the book at the menopausal woman; title: 8. Poison by prescription; title: 9. Ladies' night out; title: 10. If the truth be told; title: 11. Alice keeps busy and the FDA comes through; title: pt. II. What do we know now?; title: Introduction II. Between a rock and a hard place; title: 12. Getting to the heart of the matter : estrogen, heart disease, and the triumph of suggestion over science; title: 13. Health in the balance : understanding bones, bone loss, and new methods of osteoporosis prevention and treatment; title: 14. Losing our minds to hormones : the premature prescribing of estrogen for Alzheimer's disease; title: 15. And bear in mind, swimming in the sea of estrogens; title: Appendix. Over the menopausal rainbow.