Estrogen Matters, Avrum Bluming
Estrogen Matters, Avrum Bluming
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Estrogen Matters
Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve and Lengthen Women's Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer

Author: Avrum Bluming, Carol Tavris

Narrator: Avrum Bluming, Carol Tavris

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

REVISED and UPDATED Edition, 2024: A compelling, “fascinating” (Robert Cialdini) defense of hormone replacement therapy, exposing the faulty science behind its fall from prominence and giving women the evidence they need to make informed decisions about their health.

"Estrogen Matters was my antidote to the misinformation surrounding menopause. This book should be the bible for every single person going through menopause.”―Naomi Watts

For years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was the medically approved way to alleviate menopausal symptoms (ranging from hot flushes to brain fog) and reduce the risk of heart disease, Alzheimer's, and osteoporosis. But when a large study by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) announced, with national fanfare, that women taking HRT had an increased risk of breast cancer, women were scared off, and the treatment was abandoned.
  
Now, Dr. Bluming, a medical oncologist, and Dr. Tavris, a social psychologist, reveal the true story of the WHI’s efforts to distort their data to exaggerate unsupported claims of estrogen’s harms. Important updates in this edition include:
  Evidence that demolishes the WHI’s claim that HRT causes breast cancer. A list of the WHI’s retractions of their original scare stories. Updated findings on estrogen’s benefits on heart, brain, bones, and longevity. A critical review of the alternative products and medications being marketed to treat symptoms of menopause.  
A sobering and revelatory read, Estrogen Matters sets the record straight on estrogen’s benefits, providing a light to guide women through this inevitable phase of life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan on March 11, 2019

I found this book after hearing the authors on Peter Attia's podcast. The book did a great job of continuing the conversation i heard on the show. It appears that HRT is essential to the long term health of women and I have already started conversations with the women in my life. The book lays out i......more

Goodreads review by Eileen on July 01, 2019

I wish this book had been available ten years ago so I could have advised my mother and other beloved women in my life to not fear hormone replacement therapy. This is an important deconstruction of how medicine gets dispersed through bad science and popular media. The messsge is presented clearly a......more

Goodreads review by Ekaterina on November 14, 2019

Started to educate myself on the women’s health matters and had lots of cross references to this book, was shocked by the data which authors presented. A must read to anyone who has loved ones coming close to menopause or is experiencing it herself.......more