Hormone Replacement Choices

A recent study, called the Womens Health Initiative (WHI), found that risks outweigh benefits. The WHI found that Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) drugs caused increases in breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots. ... Although these early findings from the WHI raise some cautions and pose some questions, The most important thing about what we know is that women need to understand the risks and benefits so they can make informed choices. ...

Las Vegas Gynecology. title: Las Vegas OBGYN Weighing the Choices. Preview: Weighing the Options Once again, scientists are sharply divided over hormone therapy for menopausal women. By Anita Slomski Special to The Washington ... That sudden shift in attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy was only the latest pendulum swing that has made it so tricky for women to figure out what to do. In the early 1970s, estrogen was considered the fountain of youth, ...

Go to HealthSpace. Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Go to NHS Choices homepage Your health, your choices. Information navigation. Search entire site or by category. Site search .... for factors that could affect results, such as age, body mass index, smoking, alcohol use, exercise, having diabetes or high blood pressure, family history of heart attack before the age of 60, and use of hormone replacement therapy or oral contraception. ...

A woman has a chance to learn about her body and educate herself about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and its benefits and side effects. I suppose as a woman entering my 50s I should have been more cognizant of HRT alternatives, ... There are a multitude of choices out there. When I called my doctor and told her that I wanted to begin HRT, she first wanted to prescribe Premarin. I wont go into details, but as an animal lover and vegetarian, I knew that was not the ...

Women in the trial were permitted to take hormone replacement therapy, which could have confounded the results. Even longer followup is needed to determine the full extent of the risk reduction associated with tamoxifen prophylaxis. .... C . Fabian Tamoxifen or Raloxifene in Postmenopausal Women for Prevention of Breast Cancer: A Tale of Two Choices Counterpoint Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev., November 1, 2007; 16(11): 2210 2212. Full Text PDF ...

What have you read about the synthetic hormone/breast cancer connection Right after my Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer recently, I came across this article about hormone replacement therapy and the link to breast cancer. (You may have to sign in first at ... As soon as Mom was diagnosed, Cheeseslave recommended I go to this site, Breast Cancer Choices. Ive been trying to figure out the iodine issue for myself and my family ever since. Ill keep you posted on that ...