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We live in a culture that deifies youth. The Premarin and Provera fiasco is revealed. The conflict interest of Big Pharma is revealed. Bioidentical hormones are overdone too. Natural progesterone during perimenopause, especially with low bone density. The role of lifestyle with diet, exercise, sleep, stress reduction, weight management is highlighted.            

  Women who cut back on HRT are at lower risk for developing breast cancer within a year! Estrogen sensitive tumors are very responsive to estrogen. HRT and bio-identical hormones are contrasted and discussed in relation to the risk of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and thromboses.              

  According to an article in the October issue of the journal Menopause, hypnosis can help cut hot flashes by as much as 74%. Women had five weekly sessions where they received suggestions for images of coolness, a safe place, or relaxation and received an audio recording of a hypnotic induction. The control group received all but the recording. At 12...

This is a right of passage rather than a time of turmoil. Environmental factors are very important: pesticides, plastics, petroleum products make xenoestrogens. Soy has a lot of estrogens. Estrogen dominance leads to symptoms. Women's Health Initiative is discussed.          

Anti-aging strategies and dangers of Premarin, Provera, and Botox are discussed. Big Pharma can sell most anything to both patients and doctors. The Women's Health Initiative Study showed how dangerous HRT is.                

  Women who abruptly and prematurely suffer from estrogen deficiency caused by surgical menopause have a two fold increase in cognitive decline and dementia. This conclusion comes from research published in the March issue of the journal, Brain that was done on rats with surgical menopause, of which some were given no estrogen replacement, some late...