The greatest experiment ever performed on women : exploding the estrogen myth / Barbara Seaman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seaman, Barbara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Menopause--Hormone therapy--Popular works.

Menopause.

Estrogen--Therapeutic use--Popular works.

Estrogen.

Estrogen--Therapeutic use.

Menopause--Hormone therapy.

Genre:

Popular works.

Physical Description:

xv, 332 ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Hyperion, [2003]

Summary:

When her aunt died of endometrial cancer in 1959, doctors warned Barbara Seaman never to take Premarin. A fledgling medical journalist at that time, Seaman vowed to make sex hormones a major part of her lifetime beat. No other reporter in the world has covered hormone products so thoroughly for so long. In her new book, Seaman explodes the myth that estrogen should be routinely prescribed for everything from the treatment of hot flashes to the prevention of various forms of cancer. Seaman debunks the myth that estrogen is crucial to menopausal women in preventing medical conditions such as heart disease, osteoporosis, and cancer, and reveals that in many cases, its use may even have a strong role in the development of these conditions. She also talks about alternatives and discusses when estrogen use is safe and even helpful. The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women is a groundbreaking book that blows the lid off the estrogen industry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0786868538

OCLC:

52515011