HRT

HRT: The danger drug that wasn’t, then was again

A week can be a terribly long time in medicine. Take, for example, the arguments over the safety of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), designed to ease women through the menopause. more »

It worsens incontinence

A new study has revealed that hormone replacement therapy doesn’t help incontinence, one of the reasons it’s prescribed. more »

How HRT hurt my thyroid

In 1994, I was prescribed HRT together with thyroxine for no proven reason and without monitoring. My excellent health of 30 years from taking 100 mcg of thyroxine changed. more »

So you think you need . . . a natural hormone supplement - What to do instead

* Eat the right foods. Eating foods rich in phytoestrogens can allieviate menopausal symptoms. All pulses, tofu and whole soy products (avoid soy protein isolates), nuts, flaxseed and other seeds, gra... more »

So you think you need . . . a natural hormone supplement

Now that HRT has been largely discredited, millions of women embarking on the menopause are on the lookout for natural alternatives. One of the favourites is so-called ‘natural’ progesterone, more »

Try selenium as hrt replacement

I run a natural hormone replacement clinic, and I have found that the majority of women who seek my advice for ‘menopausal symptoms’ do not have hormonal problems more »

The latest cancer risks

HRT diehards continue to effuse over the long-term benefits of HRT, but the latest evidence shows that long-term hormones offer a greater risk of dying early from cancer or stroke. As little as 10 yea... more »

Hyping natural hormones

Menopause is not a disease or a state of oestrogen deficiency. It is an age-appropriate, natural decline in oestrogen levels. Even though alternative therapists accept this, they are still passing out... more »

The marketing of osteoporosis

The concept of osteoporosis as a menopausal disease did not exist before the 1970s. Before that time, osteoporosis was simply a disease of old age in some vulnerable individuals, male and female. more »

What’s wrong with hrt research?

How can it be that recent studies are so at odds with previous ones? The early research into HRT is beset by a number of problems, including: * a lack of control groups, making it difficult to see th... more »

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