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Hormone Replacement Therapy

Doctors Are Failing Menopausal Women. Every Day.

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Hormone Replacement Therapy, Gynecology, Endocinology, Women Over 40, Menopause, Midlife, Health, Living News
Patricia Yarberry Allen

Women see doctors in New York City who are not board-certified in gynecology or endocrinology for anti-aging compounded creams and potions, again "created just for them".

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Estrogen Does NOT Cause Breast Cancer: Debunking Common Myths About The Hormone

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Estrogen, Women's Health, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Metabolism, Breast Cancer, Hormones, Bioidentical Hormones, Verbal Memory, Goddess, Health, Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

While the attempt to objectify the effects of hormone replacement therapy is admirable, inappropriate interpretations have resulted in unprecedented fear of "all things estrogen."

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Menopause: Liberation or Loss? (What Our Mothers Didn't Know To Tell Us)

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Hot Flashes, Aging, Relationships, Women's Health, Menopause, Anthropology, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, Sexuality, Health, Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

Menopause is not a disease, but it can put women out of sync with some of the estrogen-enhanced physicality, behaviors and appearances on which they have come to rely.

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Got Hot Flashes? Many Women Pursuing Natural Treatment

nytimes.com | CAMILLE SWEENEY | Posted 08.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Hot Flashes, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Natural Medicine, Conventional Medicine, Bioidentical Hormones, Women's Health, Menopause, Living News

AFTER six years on a prescription estrogen patch that alleviated her hot flashes, but did nothing to address her midlife 25-pound weight gain, Martha ...

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In Defense of Oprah ... With a Few Caveats

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Newsweek, Suzanne Somers, Womens' Health, Oprah, Personal Health, Health, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, Wellness, Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

Many women may benefit from hormone therapy. But treatment needs to be supervised by someone who can give women information in a fair and educated manner.

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Did Anyone Else Think The Newsweek Photo of Oprah Was Misogynistic? And Just Plain Dumb?

Claire Shipman and Katty Kay | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Womenomics, Oprah Winfrey, Claire Shipman, Oprah, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Suzanne Somers, Media News
Claire Shipman and Katty Kay

Whatever case the reporters were trying to make about Oprah, it would have helped them tremendously to have done it in a dignified manner.

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STUDY: Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked To Cancer

nytimes.com | Andrew Pollack | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Lung Cancer, Cancer, Personal Health, Hormones, Health, Menopause, Living News

Hormone therapy taken by women to counter the effects of menopause can increase the risk of dying from lung cancer, researchers reported here on Satur...

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Weight Loss Resolutions Often Require More Than "Eat Less, Exercise More"

Dr. Eric Braverman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Braverman, Health, New Year's Resolution, Human Growth Hormone, Supplements, Melatonin, Vitamin D2, Hormones, Weight Loss Resolutions, How to Lose Weight, Bioidentical Hormones, Suzanne Somers, Progesterone, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Weight Loss, Pregnenolone, Dhea, Living News
Dr. Eric Braverman

The more we age, the more hormones we lose. Without the right levels of hormones, many women, and men as well, find that they just can't lose weight, no matter how hard they try.

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Wow! A Drug That Will Let Me Have Sex Once More a Month? Sign Me Up!

Doug Bremner | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Arousal, Hormone Replacement, Health, Desire, Sex, Testosterone, C-Reactive Protein, Atherosclerosis, Endothelial Dysfunction, Testoterone Breast Cancer, Testosterone Drug, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Sexual Medicine, Crp, Testoterone Patch, Hrt, Living News
Doug Bremner

The authors of the study imply that menopause is linked to a decline in libido for women, and that they need to take a drug to correct that. But I'm not aware of any literature supporting this.

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