Menopause Myths
June 2003
Total Health Magazine
The Berlin Wall of Hormone Replacement Therapy came tumbling down on July 17 with the formal announcement in the Journal of the American Medical Association that the $600 million study called the Women’s Health Initiative would be stopped three years earlier than planned. The study presented irrefutable evidence...  read more

Alternative Medicine:  Menopause
June 2001
Integrative Medicine (HealthandAge magazine)
Menopause is a normal biological event that marks the end of a woman's reproductive years. It is the point when menstruation stops permanently. On average, menopause occurs at age 51, but like the beginning of menstruation in adolescence, timing varies from person to person. Today, an estimated 50 million women ... read more

The Body at Menopause
November 18, 2002
US NEWS
We have re-created this diagram from US NEWS November 18 2002 issue "Making Sense of Menopause", to help explain what occurs to the brain, heart, skin and a host of other organs during menopause...  read more

Selecting a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practitioner
NCCAM
Selecting a health care practitioner - of conventional or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) - is an important decision and can be key to ensuring that you are receiving the best health care. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has developed this fact sheet to answer frequently asked questions about selecting a CAM practitioner, such as ... read more

Hormone Use Found to Raise Dementia Risk
May 28, 2003
New York Times
Hormone therapy doubled the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia in women who began the treatment at age 65 or older, a large study has found. The finding disappointed many researchers and doctors, who had hoped for the opposite result: that hormone therapy would prevent...   read more

HRT No Help For Memory or Sleep
March 17, 2003
MSNBC 
MARCH 17 - Long-term use of hormone replacement therapy, already shown to be bad for older women’s physical health, is found to be no panacea for their memory or mental outlook either. In a challenge to popular belief, a large study finds that estrogen and progestin pills fail to make older women feel better by improving their memory, sleep or sex lives.... read more

U.S.: Hormone Therapy Carcinogenic
December 12, 2002
MSNBC
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 — Estrogen replacement therapy has joined the official U.S. government list of cancer-causing agents, along with wood dust and ultraviolet light. The report, part of the National Toxicology Program’s biennial review of cancer-causing agents, represents a substantial upgrade of the dangers posed by estrogen.... read more