Guest guest Posted February 9, 2002 Report Share Posted February 9, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...> <Recipient List Suppressed:;> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 11:26 PM Subject: More on HRT ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From: GATOR1KW@... > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 12:56:30 EST > Subject: Re: Hormone therapy can lower energy levels > > Thanks for the inf. -- I believe the HRT was the final assault to my body > in the development of my Thyroid problems & Thyroid tumor... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From: NancHogan@... > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:36:30 EST > Subject: Hormone therapy can lower energy levels > > Just for the record and post...... I got a new lease on life with hormone > therapy.... everything improved.... I had just plain lost my zest for > living until I went on EstroTest HS (half strength) includes > testosterone... my sex life improved, my skin wasn't dried out anymore, my > mood was stable and positive, my physical pains were GREATLY reduced, and > my life was refreshed.... like turning over a new leaf..... that was four > years ago..... and every once in a while when I run out of pills or forget > to take them, I can literally feel myself sinking back into that hole...... > I don't ever want to be without hormones again. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > From: HWise@... > Subject: HWise Digest Vol. 2 - Feb 2002 > > ********************************* > Hormones on Trial > ********************************* > > A major feature article " Hormones on Trial " in the US News and World Report > (1/21/2002) revealed the latest findings from the National Cancer Institute > and one of the most damning. The study found that women using HRT ( > estrogen and progestin) had an EIGHTfold greater risk of developing breast > cancer than estrogen users!!!! So, that means that HRT is a 8 times more > dangerous than estrogen on its own. (The estrogens used in HRT and the > Pill are listed as known carcinogens by the US gov't). > > It should be obvious that this is a major factor for the increasing rate of > breast cancer which will be diagnosed in 205, 000 American women this year. > And the incidence continues to climb. > > HRT is has also been refuted as an effective treatment for heart disease, > osteoporosis and Alzheimers. Hot flashes can be resolved by dozens of > natural holistic treatments as can vaginal dryness. Can we really justify > the use of drugs that are known to not only be carcinogenic but have 120 > risks and side-effects, some of them quite serious and life-threatening? > > How much more evidence do we need to realize that HRT is a major medical > disaster? Unfortunately, it will take a long time to convince your > traditional medical doctor to offer more holistic approaches. Medicine is > very slow to change especially since menopause and hormone drugs comprise a > multi-billion dollar industry. > > But,as women whose health and,indeed, lives are at stake, we do not need to > be part of this massive experiment. We have choices and we have the power > to make them. What are we waiting for? > > There is no longer any doubt the use of HRT is a total disaster to our > physical, emotional and mental health. > > A recent observational study of 46,355 post-menopausal women done by the > National Cancer Institute sheds light on the HRT combination therapy. In > the NCI study, women using the estrogen-plus-progestin (HRT) combination > had an eightfold greater risk of developing breast cancer compared with > women who had taken estrogen alone. > > Troubling findings. There also appears to be a link between combination HRT > and a rare type of breast cancer. About 85 percent of breast cancer > involves the complex network of milk ducts that distribute milk throughout > the breast to the nipples. But 5 percent to 10 percent- " lobular " breast > cancer-develops in the chambers in the breast that contain the actual milk > glands. A recent study of women with breast cancer showed that those who > used combination HRT for at least six months had more than twice the risk > of the rare lobular cancer compared with women who had not used HRT. Their > risk of ductal cancerwas not increased. > http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/articles/020121/21hrt.htm > > > Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 13:58:00 -0600 > From: Kathi <1pureheart@...> > > Feb. 5, 2002 -- Until recently, hormone replacement therapy was widely > considered to be the closest thing to the Fountain of Youth for > postmenopausal women. Nearly 40% of American women aged 50 to 74 remain on > it in the belief that the treatment relieves the symptoms of menopause and > protects them against heart disease and bone-thinning osteoporosis. > > Are they right? The jury is still out with regard to osteoporosis and > heart disease. But new research suggests that hormone therapy does improve > quality of life in women who have menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes > when they began treatment. The therapy was found to have a negative impact > on quality of life, however, in women who started therapy without such > symptoms. > > " What we know, or think we know, about hormone replacement therapy has > certainly shifted over the last few years, " M. Rexrode, MD, tells > WebMD. " Five or 10 years ago, we believed that the benefits of hormone > therapy were clear. The evidence increasingly suggests that this needs to > be an individualized decision. We are learning that there is no > one-size-fits-all approach to treating menopausal women. " > > The latest study to weigh in on the benefits of hormone replacement > therapy evaluated depression, energy levels, and other quality-of-life > variables in a group of postmenopausal women enrolled in the Heart and > Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS), conducted between 1993 and > 1998. Cardiologist Mark A. Hlatky, MD, and colleagues at Stanford > University School of Medicine, published their findings Feb. 6 in the > Journal of the American Medical Association . > > Roughly 2,800 women were randomized to receive either hormone replacement > therapy (HRT) or placebo, and menopausal symptoms were recorded prior to > beginning treatment. The mean age of study participants was 67. Women > reporting hot flashes or flushes had improved mental health and fewer > symptoms of depression when they received HRT, compared with women who had > similar symptoms but did not receive the therapy. Those without hot-flash > symptoms who received hormone therapy actually had greater declines in > physical function and energy levels, compared with women given placebos. > > " This therapy is probably doing a lot of good in women who are being > treated for symptoms like hot flashes, " Hlatky tells WebMD. " But we don't > really know right now what it is doing in terms of heart disease > prevention. We should know more about that in a few years. " > > Earlier findings from the HERS trial suggest that HRT may actually be > dangerous for women with a history of heart disease. Two major, ongoing > studies -- one being conducted in the U.S. and the other in Europe -- are > expected to help clarify the role of HRT for prevention in women without a > history of heart disease. > > Rexrode says there has been a common perception among patients and their > physicians that HRT keeps women young, despite a lack of scientific > evidence backing this up. Although observational research does suggest > better outcomes for women on hormone therapy, she says these women may > generally have healthier lifestyles. A physician at Boston's Brigham and > Women's Hospital, and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, Rexrode > co-authored an editorial accompanying the Stanford Study. > > " It does appear that (women on HRT) see their health care providers more > often, and may exercise a little more, eat a little better, and have lower > body mass, " she says. " The question is, 'Is it the women or is it the > hormones.' I don't think we know the answer to that. " > Hormone Therapy Relieves Menopause Symptoms But One-Size-Fits-All > Approach Is Misguided, Experts Say > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From: JoahsArt@... > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 10:58:44 EST > Subject: Re: Hormone therapy can lower energy levels > > Dear Ilena, > > I had my car radio on the other day and heard Dean Edell (he doesn't deserve > to be called Dr.) say if a women has Breast Implants and hears one of the > symptons is a back ache etc., etc. she will have a backache, needless to say > if I wasn't driving I would have thrown something at the radio. What a jerk, > I'm still fuming. Thanks for letting me vent. > > Joanne > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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