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"And in February 2006, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, as if consigning to the waste bin of history a vast body of research, issued a reassuring report which claimed that 'after years of confusion about its safety as a treatment for symptoms of menopause, hormone replacement therapy received the green light'.68 In this report, doctors claimed that taking HRT was a lifestyle choice, such as delaying childbirth, smoking or not taking exercise - all personal decisions in which the physician should have no say - just push the drugs, nothing but the drugs." - Martin J. Walker, HRT Licensed to Kill and Maim: The Unheard Voices of Women Damaged by hormone replacement Therapy (Get the book.) "When we discuss the advent and the continuance of the use of hormone replacement therapy, we have to keep these general ideas in mind. Knowing what we now know about the human radiation experiments that were carried out in almost complete secrecy on many individuals and groups between 1948 and 1980,6 we must remind ourselves that doctors can have hidden motives and might be directed by invisible hands." - Martin J. Walker, HRT Licensed to Kill and Maim: The Unheard Voices of Women Damaged by hormone replacement Therapy (Get the book.) "The Prescription and Use of HRT The development, theory and clinical use of hormone replacement therapy resembles nothing so much as a weird tale from science fiction. At every stage of their distribution and consumption, the drugs have caused havoc, because the idealisation, motive and purpose of their manufacture conflict in a thousand circumstances with their use in reality. Almost all the problems with HRT are created in the space between scientific theory and human practice." - Martin J. Walker, HRT Licensed to Kill and Maim: The Unheard Voices of Women Damaged by hormone replacement Therapy (Get the book.) "The view expressed throughout the book is that neither doctors nor manufacturers of HRT can realistically give assurances about the safety of hormone replacement therapy to anyone. Chapter Two Changing Ros I can only say that we are not all the same and I wish that doctors would see this. Woman affected by HRT 1 Professional callousness, negligence and sheer incompetence are age-old forms of malpractice." - Martin J. Walker, HRT Licensed to Kill and Maim: The Unheard Voices of Women Damaged by hormone replacement Therapy (Get the book.)

"The history of hormone replacement for women has been a roller-coaster ride of tremendous promise followed by nosedives of disappointment as new risks and side effects emerge, leaving women generally confused and fearful. The field of cardiology now stands opposed to hormone replacement therapy, the common medical practice to relieve menopause discomfort until recently. This position followed the 2003 publication in the New England Journal of Medicine with startling data from a major women's study." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Hormones and "Hormone Replacement Therapy" (HRT) became popular, despite the horrible side effects that were documented well. Here are the facts. The latest study on HRT and osteoporosis shows that women, following the usual recommendation to take the drug for ten years upon the start of menopause, are not protected from brittle bone disease any more than those women who have never taken the drug at all! The bad effect of "Hormone Replacement Therapy" (HRT) far outweighs the benefits." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "The best thing to do is to invent a "Hormone Replacement Therapy" (HRT), get some "scientists" (paid by the pharmaceutical industry of course) stating how effective HRT is and then advertise it like crazy. Hormones and "Hormone Replacement Therapy" (HRT) became popular, despite the horrible side effects that were documented well. Here are the facts." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Today, cardiologists oppose routine hormone replacement therapy because of the documented danger to the cardiovascular system. Recent studies suggest that short-term hormone replacement early in menopause may have some cardiovascular benefits, but the cardiology jury is still undecided. 9. Trans-Fatty Acids Naturally occurring oils in food are good fats that your body needs. And there are bad fats that you definitely don't need. The biggest troublemakers are man-made partially hydrogenated fats. They start life as polyunsaturated vegetable oils, usually corn and canola." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"The Risk of hormone replacement Therapy Traditionally, moderate to severe menopausal complaints have been managed with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) using synthetic hormones. This is absolutely not the place to get into the enormous controversy generated by preliminary findings from the Women's Health Initiative that reported a slightly increased risk of heart attacks and breast cancer for women on HRT." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for Heart Health Otudies show that postmenopausal women who do not opt for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are at greater risk for heart disease. It seems that estrogen protects women from elevated low-density lipoprotein—or bad?cholesterol levels and high blood pressure. Because physicians believe that HRT can slightly increase a woman's chances of getting breast cancer, a woman should review her per- sonal medical history with her physician before deciding on HRT. Remember: Heart problems are much more common than breast cancer." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Before you use hormone replacement of any kind, please find and work with one of these physicians. Natural Hormones From Food and Herbs IT'S WELL-KNOWN THAT women who live in Asian countries, such as China and Japan, have a far lower rate of death from breast cancer than women who live in the West. Moreover, when Asian women move to the U.S., Canada, or Europe, their risk of breast cancer soon rises." - John Morgenthaler and Jonathan V. Wright, Natural hormone replacement For Women Over 45 (Get the book.)

"It is my opinion that moderate drinkers should also reduce to light intake, and in individual cases, abstinence (those with breast cancer, those with a history of substance abuse, possibly those taking hormone replacement therapy, and maybe others). Daily alcohol probably does not belong in a healthful life. Stick to the occasional celebrations, and utilize other methods of reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease. Chocolate. It has been hypothesized for some time that chocolate can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"See chapter 16, "Alternatives to hormone replacement Therapy.") Evidence from the HERS trial found that combined hormone therapy actually worsened urinary incontinence in older postmenopausal women.15 There is some weak evidence that ERT is associated with increased risk for UI.16 Interestingly, Thorn and his associates found that oxytocin, a drug used to increase contractions during labor, is dose-related to the development of UI; multiple exposures to the drug increased the risk later in life." - National Women's Health Network, The Truth About hormone replacement Therapy: How to Break fee from the Medical Myths of Menopause (Get the book.) "See chapter 16, "Alternatives to hormone replacement Therapy") Always keep in mind that exercise and nutrition can do more than drugs can to protect bones and provide other health benefits. Bone Density Tests Used to Overcome Resistance to HRT BMD measurements may be used to badger resistant women into using HRT. Statements such as, "Women who refuse HRT for osteoporosis prevention should be offered a BMD measurement,"86 are worrisome, and there is increasing evidence that bone density screening does increase hormone use." - National Women's Health Network, The Truth About hormone replacement Therapy: How to Break fee from the Medical Myths of Menopause (Get the book.) "Its main use seems to be as a label to convince women they need hormone replacement therapy or other drug treatment to prevent "progression" to osteoporosis. Not only may osteopenia not progress to osteoporosis, but osteopenia may also not even reflect bone loss. Bruce Ettinger, M.D., director of research for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in San Francisco, notes that a bone mineral density test done on a woman who is fifty-five may meet the definition of osteopenia even if she has exactly the same BMD she had when she was twenty-fivel6 According to Dr." - National Women's Health Network, The Truth About hormone replacement Therapy: How to Break fee from the Medical Myths of Menopause (Get the book.)

"If you are a perimenopausal or postmenopausal woman, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a controversial topic. The 2003 published results of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, which used conjugated equine estrogens and synthetic progestogens (progestins), showed mixed results and raised a great number of questions. The WHI study results included evidence of an increase in the risk for breast cancer and heart disease, yet reduced the risk of hip fractures and colorectal cancer." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Ryan AS et al. hormone replacement therapy, insulin sensitivity, and abdominal obesity in postmenopausal women. Diabetes Care 2002 Jan; 25(1): 127-33. Soulis-Liparota T et al. Retardation by aminoguanidine of development of albuminuria, mesangial expansion and tissue fluorescence in streptozotocin induced diabetic rat. Diabetes 1991; 40:1328-34. Tilton R et al. Prevention of diabetic vascular dysfunction by guanidines. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase versus advanced glycation end-product formation. Diabetes 1993; 42:221-32. Tsunekawa S et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Comparison of hormonal activity (estrogen, androgen and progestin) of standardized plant extracts for large scale use in hormone replacement therapy, J Steroid Biochem Mot Biol 84: 259-268. Becchi, M., and Fraisse, D., 1989, Fast atom bombardment collision-activated dissociation/mass-analysed ion kinetic energy analysis of C-glycosidic flavonoids, BiomedEnviron Mass Spectrom 18: 122-130. Bednarek, P., Franski, R., Kerhoas, L., Einhorn, J., Wojtaszek, P." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"Regrettably, there is little th-done about this other than using various types of hormone replacement tbfrohtwork based hormone replacement (phytoestrogens), which you can get Dvim4\ng more water, food or drinks. a Keeping your liquid By the way, while drinking eight glasses of watet a day i^ings0 comphcated than to improve or reduce dry skin. If all it took to get jrjy skin are t then no one would have dry skin and moistur|mg t^e dry s^n ^att & s sY\n damage* which intake up is fine, but the causes of and r^' 0\jSCUre daylight, ^aUS^$ture or feel smooth, that." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.)

"Clark was aware, as was I, of the finding published in JAMA almost a year before her cancer had been diagnosed that a woman's risk of breast cancer increases by 8 percent for each year that she takes combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Mrs. Clark could not understand why her trusted gynecologist had prescribed HRT 12 years earlier when, with only very mild hot flashes, she had entered menopause. Nor could she understand how her gynecologist could have been so confident that she should remain on the hormones indefinitely." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Although DOs can and do prescribe conventional drugs, they are more likely to be open to and knowledgeable about natural remedies, including natural hormone replacement. Osteopaths are licensed in all US states and Canadian provinces to practice medicine and prescribe drugs. To find an osteopath, a good starting point is the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Canadian Osteopathic Association (COA): American Osteopathic Association Address: 142 E. Ontario Street Chicago, IL 60611-2864 Telephone: 312-380-5800 Internet: www.am-osteo-assn." - John Morgenthaler and Jonathan V. Wright, Natural hormone replacement For Women Over 45 (Get the book.)

"Recent studies suggest that short-term hormone replacement early in menopause may have some cardiovascular benefits, but the cardiology jury is still undecided. 9. Trans-Fatty Acids Naturally occurring oils in food are good fats that your body needs. And there are bad fats that you definitely don't need. The biggest troublemakers are man-made partially hydrogenated fats. They start life as polyunsaturated vegetable oils, usually corn and canola. Food processors bubble hydrogen through them and turn them into solid fats such as margarine and shortening." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Throughout this book, natural hormone replacement has been carefully defined as replacement of natural hormones, using molecules that are identical in every way to the ones which decline so abruptly at menopause. Phytoestrogens, by contrast, are plant varieties of estrogens, farther away from human estrogens in terms BEWARE OF THE "YAM SCAM" ALL THE NATURAL HORMONES discussed in this book (not to mention patentable "hormones") are derived from a plant as well." - John Morgenthaler and Jonathan V. Wright, Natural hormone replacement For Women Over 45 (Get the book.)

"Following surgery Jane refused hormone replacement, like so many women scared by the WHI study, and her sleep problems only intensified. When she was finally able to fall asleep, it felt too light and unre-freshing. She usually woke prematurely in the early morning around 4 a.m. Jane's insomnia was most likely a symptom of progesterone deficiency. Perhaps progesterone begun early enough would have spared Jane her hysterectomy. The extent of her fatigue was daunting. She was no longer able to do the things she had loved." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"So much so that when Thelma Wilson, who had been taking hormone replacement therapy, developed breast cancer, this fact was hidden even from her son, Ron. Ron Wilson's mother's breast cancer may not have been the only fact that was changed. Ron went on to say, "It is my opinion that some of the original research findings are flawed to downright false. Much of that opinion came out of the mouth of my father, who was not above changing a few figures to help the cause." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "The challenge in determining optimal medical care is to identify the boundary between the effective care that truly improves health and the commercially driven care that at best misdirects our efforts to stay healthy and at worst is actually harmful (like routine hormone replacement therapy). These research findings may surprise you—and will probably surprise your doctor even more. OSTEOPOROSIS Most postmenopausal women worry about their bones becoming fragile." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"This study also showed that depression and anxiety scores were reduced to values below those of perimenopausal women when the women took hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Women who take estrogen alone seem to do best mood-wise, compared to women who take estrogen plus synthetic progestogens, called progestins.18 Mood changes may not be as prominent as depression or anxiety. Many women are plagued by irritability, melancholy, weepiness, short temper, feeling overwhelmed, and a lower tolerance of stressors. Up to 10 percent of perimenopausal women experience mood changes." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"It is especially pronounced among women who have used or use birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). According to medical research, oral contraceptives and other estrogens double a woman's chance of developing gallstones. The female hormone, estrogen, which is contained in contraceptive pills and hormone replacements, increases bile cholesterol and decreases gallbladder contraction." - Andreas Moritz, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body (Get the book.)

"The field of cardiology now stands opposed to hormone replacement therapy, the common medical practice to relieve menopause discomfort until recently. This position followed the 2003 publication in the New England Journal of Medicine with startling data from a major women's study. The data showed that the widely prescribed combination of chemicalized estrogen and progestin (the hormonal drug substitutes) medication may increase the risk of coronary artery disease." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

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