THE GREATEST EXPERIMENT EVER PERFORMED ON WOMEN

exploding the estrogen myth

new book 315 pages

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Do medical professionals really know enough about estrogen and its effects to prescribe is so widely? Or are women still be used as guinea pigs in a great experiment?

For almost a century women have been taking some form of estrogen to combat the effects of menopause and aging, and more recently to prevent a host of diseases from osteoporosis to Alzheimers to heart disease. But recent medical studies have revealed that estrogen may cause more problems in patients than it corrects, and that some of these problems are fatal.

Since the 1960's women's health icon Barbara Seaman has been one of the lone voices in journalism questioning whether doctors are justified in writing so many estrogen prescriptions. here she poses the urgent question: is the pharmaceutical industry itself driving the research, marketing and use of hormone replacement therapy?

This groundbreaking book illuminates today's "menopause industry", tracing the history of estrogen use from its early purveyors to the present. It debunks myths, exposes side effects, offers alternatives and discusses when estrogen use is safe and even helpful. It is crucial reading for women of all ages.