Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Fear of synthetic hormones
Many women are familiar with the results of the Women’s Health Initiative Study (WHI). This was a federally funded study of 16,000 women, age 50-79, who had taken PremPro for five years. The study was stopped prematurely because of alarming results

Women on HRT showed:
– An increased risk for breast cancer
– An increased risk for heart attack
– An increased risk for stroke
– An increased risk for fatal blood clot