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Article: STUDIES CREATE UNCERTAINTY ON HORMONE DRUGS WOMEN WITH PRE-EXISTING HEART DISEASE SHOWED AN INITIAL INCREASED RISK OF ANOTHER HEART ATTACK IN THE FIRST YEAR OF TAKING HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, ACCORDING TO DR. NANANDA COL (ABOVE), A MENOPAUSE SPECIALIST
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 2, 2002
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I have become, once again, a hormone nibbler.
Over the years, I have written extensively - some might even say
ad nauseam - about the pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy,
or HRT, for menopausal women, a subject near and dear to my heart,
and to that of every other woman I know over the age of 50.
At first, the columns were mostly positive, touting the many
benefits believed to be inherent in the pills and patches designed to
replace the natural estrogen that women lose at menopause.
These supposed benefits included not just getting rid of the
immediate symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes and vaginal
dryness, but prevention of future problems, too.
Yeah, I was troubled by the ...