Östrogen!

The two authors - the experienced oncologist Dr. Avrum Bluming and social psychologist Carol Tavris - have evaluated all studies from the past decades regarding the benefits and risks of treatment with progesterone and estrogen during menopause. In this important book, they provide everything women need to know in order to make informed and autonomous decisions about the type and timing of hormone replacement therapy.

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the most effective treatment method for alleviating menopausal symptoms, not only for often long-lasting hot flashes and sleep problems but also for heart rhythm disturbances, joint and muscle pain, loss of libido, and depression - all of which are complaints that many women do not associate with menopause.

Women undergoing HRT live longer than those who do not receive hormone therapy. Each year, as many women die from the consequences of osteoporotic hip fractures as from breast cancer. HRT can reduce the risk of osteoporotic fractures by half.

Estrogen does not increase the risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is not an "estrogen excess disease," as some doctors still believe. Even former breast cancer patients can undergo hormone replacement therapy under medical supervision when they enter menopause without increasing the risk of recurrence.

Currently, there is no way to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease - except through the use of estrogen. Each year, seven times more women die from heart disease than from breast cancer. In fact, heart disease, not cancer, is the leading cause of death among former breast cancer patients. HRT can reduce this risk by 30 to 50 percent.

There is no evidence supporting the current medical recommendation that hormone replacement therapy is...