Estrogen Redux.

HORMONE therapy; HORMONE therapy for menopause; ESTROGEN replacement therapy; ESTROGEN; SEX hormones; BREAST cancer; THERAPEUTICS

Discusses the decision of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to halt a major study of the health effects of long-term estrogen use. Health risks associated with the combination of estrogen and progestin; How supplements of estrogen can increase a women's risk of breast cancer; Use of hormone therapy for therapeutic relief by women with severe menopausal symptoms.