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If Estrogen Causes Cancer, Where is the Epidemic?

Posted by Dr. Gifford Jones on Sep 2, 2010 at 10:56 PM

Menopausal Women, HRT, hormone therapy

What would I do if I were a woman at the age of menopause and read the headline, “Breast cancer drop linked to decline in hormone therapy”? I’d be scared as hell if I were already taking estrogen. And I’d consider flushing it down the toilet. But what should menopausal women do then if they have an whelming desire to kick the cat, or their husband?

In 2002, a study of 16,000 women aged 50 to 79 showed that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increased the risk of breast cancer by 26 percent, stroke by 41 percent, heart attack by 29, cardiovascular disease by 22 , and it doubled the rate of blood clots. 

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