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"But as I reported last week, the University of Pisa study that found DHEA as effective as HRT in relieving menopausal symptoms was very small \u2013 48 women. What&amp;#039;s more, DHEA is a &amp;quot;foundation hormone,&amp;quot; and though like estrogen, it&amp;#039;s produced naturally in our bodies that doesn&amp;#039;t mean it&amp;#039;s safe to take in supplement form. Perhaps it&amp;#039;s time to review what we learned this year about menopause in general and hormones, hot flashes, and cancer risk in particular. *In January, 2011, researchers examining the results of the Million Women Study in Britain found that there was no increase in breast cancer risk for women who took estrogen-only therapy if it was begun 5 or more years post-menopause. *However, there was increased risk of breast cancer for both estrogen-only and estrogen-progestin HT if it was begun around the time of or soon after menopause. *The breast cancer risk for the estrogen-progestin hormone users returned to the same level as the never-users of hormones a few years after ceasing hormones, the Million Women Study revealed. *In June, an NYU study of 848,000 women found that those who were on HRT were about 20% less likely to have PAD, or peripheral artery disease, a narrowing of the arteries particularly in the legs or pelvis. But researchers don&amp;#039;t yet know if this is causal, as they do not know the length or type of the hormones that women were taken. *New analysis of the WHI Study confirmed that combination HRT increased a woman&amp;#039;s chances of heart disease, doublingit in the two years from starting the therapy. For women, 10 years out from menopause, the risk of heart disease tripled. Confused by all the research? You&amp;#039;re not alone. Perhaps I can help clear this up in Friday&amp;#039;s blog. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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