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"Occasionally, despite lifestyle therapies, diet, exercise, stress reduction, nutrient supplementation, and herbs, hormone therapy can be lifesaving (as well as mood- and brain-saving). (continued) Only a physician knowledgeable and experienced with bioidentical hormone therapy should prescribe them.The only hormones that should be used are ones that are identical to those made by your body.They have very specific actions when they bind to their hormone receptors on your cells. Synthetic or animal hormones typically have unwanted side effects and dangers." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"In another study 351 women ages forty-five to fifty-five who had two or more hot-flash symptoms per day were randomly assigned to black cohosh, mul-tibotanicals, multibotanicals plus dietary soy counseling, placebo, or hormone therapy for one year. Only hormone therapy was associated with significant reductions in hot flashes. Taking dietary soy actually turned out to be less effective at stopping hot flashes than taking a placebo for one year. Other placebo-controlled trials did not find any efficacy of soy extract for hot flashes." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Another method consists of putting people onto hormone therapy. And yes, hormones do have an influence on the bones; hormones are an issue. So what is the best thing to do in the eyes of a pharmaceutical executive? 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.)

"Auricular (ear) acupuncture has been studied in a preliminary trial and compared with standard hormone therapy for treatment of infertility. In both the acupuncture and hormone therapy groups, 15 out of 45 patients became pregnant. Although the pregnancy (page 363) rates were similar with either treatment, side effects occurred only in women taking hormones.29 Still, double-blind trials are needed to conclusively determine whether acupuncture is a useful treatment for female infertility." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"HRT that came out in the 1990s—is an observational study (funded by the National Institutes of Health) designed to reveal the relationship between diet, lifestyle, and hormone therapy (both birth control pills and HRT). The Nurses' Health Study was the source of the data for the 1997 NEJM article showing a lower mortality rate among women taking HRT. This benefit of HRT lasted for up to five years after women stopped taking the therapy, but after five years they had a 16 percent increase in their death rate compared with women who had never taken hormones." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "Even after the article appeared in JAMA in 2000 showing the 8 percent per year increase in the risk of breast cancer in women taking combined hormone therapy, most experts continued to recommend, and most doctors continued to prescribe, routine hormone replacement for postmenopausal women. In 2001, Premarin was still the third most frequently prescribed drug in the United States. In July of 2002, everyone found out that it was not Mother Nature but the American College of Physicians and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology that had made the big mistake." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "These drugs are designed to protect bones the same way that natural estrogen does, but without the risk of hormone therapy. Sounds great, but research shows that in women with osteoporosis, Evista reduces only vertebral fractures, not fractures of the hip or wrist. Nonetheless, Eli Lilly's advertising for Evista, according to an FDA letter to the company dated September 2000, "misleadingly suggests" that it does just that." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"On attainment of adulthood, there appears to be a consistent finding of weight gain and increased body weight being highly associated with increased risk for postmenopausal cancer [21, 26, 33, 79-85], although risk appears affected by use of hormone therapy and ethnicity [86, 87]. Data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC) Study indicate an 8% increase in risk for each 5-kg gain among non-hormone-therapy users [86]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"It is still unclear, but here is some of what we know: • Once heart disease exists, starting hormone therapy does not appear to reverse it and, in fact, may make it more hazardous. 9 All forms of hormone use (synthetic and natural) reduce bone loss and fractures. With regard to dementia, things are less clear because the studies used synthetic oral estrogen and synthetic progesterone. Despite this, these studies generally show that dementia improves if women have symptoms of menopause and use hormones within ten years of menopause." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Hormone Support Therapy Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, which was the main form of hormone therapy in the past, never made sense to me. Why replace hormones when you can support them naturally? Natural hormones (or bioidentical hormones) are identical to those found in nature. They look and act exactly the same as hormones that are made naturally in our bodies. They are not something new or foreign working in your body. Your own hormones are not replaced by synthetic, stronger-acting hormones. Women's hormones should certainly not be replaced by horse hormones." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Taxol is not to be confused with tamoxifen, however, which is a first-line hormone therapy often used in premenopausal patients. Tamoxifen has also gained favor as a preventative Modern Mammograms—At the Mall drug; Taxol treatment follows diagnoses of cancer. Current guidelines recommend Taxol for patients who have advanced breast and ovarian cancer. Ask your doctor or oncologist if it is appropriate in your case." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"If not, do hormone therapy. "If your hormones are not in optimal balance you must act!" postulate the creators of the Hidden Agenda. The actual truth of it is that there are so many natural means to balance out hormones, it is mind boggling. From nettle-root to Saw Palmetto, from Pygeum Africanum to vitamins. But no, for sales purposes, a hormone-therapy is more rewarding. Millions of healthy people can, by a new definition of risk factors, become patients - and a great source for the pharmaceutical industry income. High blood pressure? Low blood pressure? Fantastic! A new income source." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"If these are not adequate, then "friendlier" hormone therapy (also bio-identical) is preferred over "less friendly" (synthetic and semisynthetic and not bio-identical) HRT. (The distinctions between the different kinds of hormones are discussed in the hormone section.) Determining the treatment approach is a combination of subjective and objective findings resulting from the medical history, physical exam, any lab or diagnostic imaging tests, and the personal perspective and values of each woman." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Men who are on estrogen hormone therapy for prostate cancer sometimes get cellulite. Wrinkles Wrinkles are the one skin sign that we all will develop if we live long enough. But wrinkles aren't just signs of aging. While the degree to which we wrinkle is determined genetically to some extent, wrinkles are also revealing signs of our lifestyles. speaking of signs Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Look for this natural hormone therapy in herbal pharmacies and health food stores. For the correct dosage to treat your individual case, ask your physician. Nourish Your System nstead of (or as an adjunct to) estrogen patches or replacement therapy to control endometrial tissue growth, try eating foods that are naturally high in plant estrogens. A serving of soy beans, tofu, tempeh or soy milk—all rich in phytoestrogens—can provide a necessary boost to your system." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Only a physician knowledgeable and experienced with bioidentical hormone therapy should prescribe them.The only hormones that should be used are ones that are identical to those made by your body.They have very specific actions when they bind to their hormone receptors on your cells. Synthetic or animal hormones typically have unwanted side effects and dangers. For menopause your doctor may try: Topical combinations of estradiol, estriol, progesterone, and testosterone, which are prepared by compounding pharmacies (see Resources for recommendations on how to find a doctor)." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.) "If your quiz score qualified you for "Medical Care," you may need the help of a doctor trained in Functional and/or Integrative Medicine to help you navigate the testing and treatment options, particularly in the realm of hormone therapy, gut healing, treating infections, and heavy metal detoxification. But for most of you, 70 to 80 percent of the benefits from the UltraMind Solution can be reached on your own with a few simple changes in diet, nutritional supplementation, and lifestyle. Here's how you do it. What Is the Six-Week Basic Brain-Boosting Program?" - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Recently, controlled trials have shown that children with PWS benefit from growth hormone therapy from infancy through childhood and into adulthood [65]. C. Dietary Interventions for Children with Feeding Problems Among children with developmental delays and special health care needs, the estimated incidence of feeding disorders ranges from 33% up to 80%, depending on the definitions of feeding disorders [4, 66]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Obesity, hormone therapy, estrogen metabolism and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Int. J. Cancer 118, 1292-1301. 52. Lee, S. A., Lee, K. M., Park, W. Y., et al. (2005). Obesity and genetic polymorphism of ERCC2 and ERCC4 as modifiers of risk of breast cancer. Exp. Mol. Med. 37, 86-90. 53. Wenten, M., Gilliland, F. D., Baumgartner, K., and Samet, J. M. (2002). Associations of weight, weight change, and body mass with breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women. Ann. Epidemiol. 12, 435^-34. 54. Colditz, G. A., Rosner, B. A., Chen, W. Y., Holmes, M. D., and Hankinson, S." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "This effect of alcohol has been observed in studies of premenopausal women and in postmenopausal women administered hormone therapy but not among postmenopausal women who do not use estrogen therapy [132]. Although an association with intake of folate per se and breast cancer risk has not been consistently observed in epidemiological studies, results from several recent cohort studies suggest that dietary folate intake may influence breast cancer risk through an interaction with alcohol [133-135]. Alcohol has well-known effects on folate status by interfering with folate metabolism." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Although two years of hormone therapy may lower cataract risk by as much as 20 percent if you're past menopause, new studies have seriously questioned the benefits of long-term HRT. Talk with your doctor about hormone therapy, but be sure to consider other eye-protecting strategies, too. Cancel out cataracts Add more selenium to your diet while subtracting salt, and you'll be doing "mineral math" - the kind of arithmetic that may help preserve your eyesight. Add selenium for defense. Selenium isn't just another mineral. It's also an essential antioxidant for your eyes." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"Currently, however, hormone therapy is FDA-approved for treatment of osteoporosis in women who do not tolerate the bisphosphonates, such as women who have had esophagitis, gastric ulcers, or GI bleeds and women whose bone density doesn't improve on bisphosphonates. Some women are changed to a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) also. None of these agents will work optimally without the presence of an adequate amount of calcium, and in order to absorb the calcium, one needs an adequate amount of vitamin D." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"A recent study of the vaccine Theratope, used for breast cancer, did not show a positive result overall but it did show a benefit in a subgroup of women who were on hormone therapy, mostly the drug tamoxifen (Nolvadex). The median overall survival for patients on hormone therapy who also received Theratope was 36.5 months, compared with 30.7 months for those who also received the control vaccine. Further clinical trials will focus on the effectiveness of cancer vaccines in these and other subgroups." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"The consensus seems to be that there must be a better way than traditional hrt (Grodstein and colleagues, "Understanding the Divergent Data on Postmenopausal hormone therapy," 2003; Gann and Morrow, "Combined hormone therapy and Breast Cancer," 2003)." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.)

"There are, however, two first important guiding principles for hormone therapy management that should be discussed. First is the bioequivalence of oral and transdermal estrogen products. The following doses of the different types of estrogen supposedly provide the same blood levels after administration, and so they are considered biologically equivalent: Oral conjugated estrogen: 0.625 mg Oral estradiol: 1.0 mg Patch estradiol: 0.05 mg Biest/Triest: 2." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "When it comes to cardiovascular disease, I contend that ethically, practitioners using bio-identical hormone therapy must have the same benefit-risk conversation with patients as a conventional practitioner who prescribes the typical Premarin/ Provera would have. That said, in my opinion, there is enough evidence at this point that oral micronized progesterone is more cardiac friendly on lipids and coronary arteries than are the synthetic progestogens or progestin (such as Provera)." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"The consensus seems to be that there must be a better way than traditional hrt (Grodstein and colleagues, "Understanding the Divergent Data on Postmenopausal hormone therapy," 2003; Gann and Morrow, "Combined hormone therapy and Breast Cancer," 2003)." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.)

"Journal Clinical Oncology 24: 4448-56, 2006] Why does hormone therapy wear off? After hormone treatment has successfully calmed PSA levels, the effect wears off. This appears to be due, in part, to the production of testosterone in the adrenal glands rather than the testes. As cited above, surgical removal of the adrenal glands results in long-term survival of prostate cancer patients. [Urology 3: 223-25, 1974] In a more recent study, the use of low-dose diethylstilbestrol plus adrenal suppression with a steroid drug (hydrocortisone, prednisone) reduces PSA levels." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "Why does hormone therapy wear off? ... 171 Testosterone replacement... 172 Chemical pathway for testosterone ... 173 Brachytherapy: implantation of radioactive seeds... 174 Informed consent... 174 Timing of treatment... 176 Patient education, informed consent and decision making ... 176 Comparing doctors... 177 Screening ... 180 Symptoms of cancer or an enlarged prostate? ... 181 Detection of prostate cancer... 182 PSA testing ... 182 PSA invalid... 183 What is the accuracy of the PSA test? ... 184 Men falsely reassured they don't have prostate cancer... 185 Staging ..." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

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