GynoFiles

When large numbers of menopausal women were on hormone therapy bones were protected against ostoporosis and bone loss. Now that fewer women use hormone therapy in menopause, they have some benefits in terms of long term risks of blood clots and other side effects, but we have not necessarily always done a good job replacing the therapy with bone protective strategies. Estrogen menopausal treatment used to be ubiquitous, even for completely asymptomatic women, who thought they were being prescribed treatment for all manner of health benefits including their hearts. And in fact some women were protecting their hearts if they began hormone treatment early enough and took it through the menopause transition. Risks of post menopausal hormone therapy are mostly limited to small increases in breast cancer and blood clots. We are trying to put those risks and benefits into better perspective.. The Women's Health Initiative (WHI ) proved that there were flaws in the thinking of many physi...