Tag: hormone replacement therapy

The use of hormones in the post-menopause period remains controversial due to concerns about breast cancer & heart attack issues primarily.  The pendulum has swung back and forth over the past few decades, with hormone use in post-menopause generally frowned upon for any extended period. That said, I am a supporter of hormone use in …

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Hormone therapy for women is an area of controversy that continues to evolved.  The issues are well -being, menopause symptom control, cancer risk, dementia risk, and heart risk. The interaction of hormones on all of these issues is complicated and the research on the pro’s and con’s of supplementation remain somewhat unclear, despite efforts to …

Read More “BIOIDENTICAL HORMONES…..THE GOOD AND THE BAD”