The Truth about Hormone Replacement Therapy

The Truth about Hormone Replacement Therapy: How to Break Free from the Medical Myths of Menopause
by National Women's Health Network

Book Review
Menopause is not a disease. So why are millions of American women taking a drug for this natural body process?

The widespread popularity of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a triumph of marketing and advertising over science. Although HRT and estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) can help some women with certain menopause-related problems, the benefits have been oversold to women and their health care providers. There is no scientific valid evidence that estrogen prevents heart disease, colon cancer, or Alzheimer's. Nor is there any evidence that it keeps you looking younger, preserves your sex drive or enhances your memory.

However, HRT does carry the risk of serious side effects, including certain cancers. Should you be taking such risky drugs to help you get through menopause? The Truth about Hormone Replacement Therapy, written by the National Women's Health Network, will help you decide.


Three thousand members strong the National Women's Health Network is a group of women Physicians and other health care professionals and concerned women who advocate for women's health. Members include research scientists at some of the nation's top medical schools and women who are key players in government health organizations.

Other books about Hormone Replacement Therapy Include:

Managing Menopause Naturally

Women's Encyclopedia

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