Hormones and Cancer
Since the WHI trial ended in 2002, hormones and cancer have become synonymous in many healthcare circles. Women, wrestling with menopausal symptoms and aging indicators, are often left with zero alternatives as doctors have pulled the therapy from their prescribing repertoire. This has left many women lodged between a rock and a hard place wondering,
The Whys of the WHI Trial: How It Reshaped Women’s Long-Term Health
The Women’s Health Initiative was a long-term, 15-year national health study that focused on preventing heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and osteoporotic fractures in post-menopausal women. When you consider that the most common diseases that affect U.S. women after menopause are cardiovascular disease (the leading cause of death), breast cancer (the second-leading cause of
Bio-identical Estrogens: Not Your Mother’s Premarin
Since 1942, Premarin has been the most commonly prescribed estrogen supplement in the United States. In the 1960s, Dr. Robert Wilson put it firmly on the map with his book “Feminine Forever” as a panacea for what ails all women who have either undergone menopause or a hysterectomy. It quickly became the most popular cure-all
Are Hormones Good or Bad?
