Nutraceuticals and nootropics for anti-aging

Female Hormone Replacement Therapy revisited

The news media have found it profitable to create a public paranoia over drugs and supplements every few months. Last summer’s paranoia was related to Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for women. On the basis of a single unrepresentative study, the news industry panicked millions of women into abandoning the hormone treatments that had been sparing them the worst effects of menopause. The study in question, called the Women’s Health Initiative, had concluded that HRT increased the risk of breast cancer and failed to protect against cardiovascular disease. Although the increased risk of breast cancer had been known for many years, and the total risk was still relatively small and was taken into account when women decided whether or not to use HRT, irresponsible journalists made it appear that the study was a revelation and that HRT had suddenly been discovered to be a terrible mistake.

Now that millions of women have re-subjected themselves to the ravages of menopause, a new study (which will probably receive very little media attention) shows that the results of the Women’s Health Initiative were grossly misinterpreted.

Link to a news article about the new study:

Timing of estrogen therapy crucial