New study firmly ties hormone use to breast cancer
December 14, 2008 By MARILYNN MARCHIONE , AP Medical Writer(AP) -- Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular pills.
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Complicating the equation is environmental exposure to chemicals that affect hormones, something that is probably impossible to control or measure. The women I've known who took active steps to limit this chemical exposure generally had fewer menopausal symptoms and were less likely to seek HRT. They also had fewer side-effects from HRT when they did choose it.
I seriously question your
credentials. It is appalling
that any real scientist or
physician would make the conclusions
which you do based on such
outlandishly inappropriate
personal observations! You talk
the words of science yet display
lack of understanding of its
methodologies.
and is most welcome! The bad news
is that its taken soo many years
for gov. researchers to do such a
study! This question was 'on the
table' in the 1970's !!!!!
Further, one would expect that
obesity would cause a parallel
rise in risk, for the same
hormonal reasons. However, and
surprisingly, this is true only
for POST-menapausal women: the
fact is that obesity (and its
associated elevations of estrogenic
hormones) actually seems to
protect PRE-menapausal women from
breast cancer. Much more work
needs to be done! I hope we wont
have to wait another 40 years to
sort tHAT out!