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What the Women’s Health Initiative Results Mean for Breast Cancer Survivors
In July 2002 a large, randomized control trial called the Women’s Health Initiative was stopped three years early with the conclusion that Estrogen plus Progestin (E+P) is, on balance, not an effective preventative medication for healthy menopausal women. The results of this trial have surprised both doctors and the general public Read more...
Perimenopause: The Ovary’s Frustrating Grand Finale
Women in midlife increasingly hear the words “estrogen deficiency” spoken as the ultimate in bad news. “Everyone knows” that low estrogen levels cause heart Read more...
Perimenopause is a time of “Endogenous Ovarian Hyperstimulation”
“Perimenopausal endogenous ovarian hyper-stimulation” is the exact opposite of “The Myth of the Shriveling Ovary”: High estrogen levels during Read more...
Estrogen Deficiency: The Wrong Idea About Menopause
The largest and best-controlled trial testing whether hormone “replacement” therapy prevented heart disease was stopped three years early in July 2002. The Read more...
Choices for Effective Contraception in 2006
One of the remarkable advances for women in the last 50 years has been the development, scientific testing and availability of effective hormonal Read more...
Very Heavy Menstrual Flow
When periods are very heavy or you are experiencing “flooding” or passing big clots you have what doctors call menorrhagia. The purpose of this article is to define normal and very heavy menstrual bleeding, to explain what causes heavy flow, and to show what you yourself can do in dealing with heavy flow. Read more...
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