Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Integrative approaches to managing menopause are vital

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 28th, 2002

by Lynn Yoffee, senior medical writer - The postmenopausal population is expected to double in the next 3 decades with a subsequent increased healthcare burden of illnesses linked to estrogen depletion. Much attention is being paid specifically to related cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, breast diseases, and central nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer disease.

Although there is controversy about estrogen's preventive effects, mortality is considered by many to be lower in women who use estrogen for symptoms and diseases related to loss of cyclic ovarian function.

Yet less than 40% of U.S. menopausal and postmenopausal women use estrogen...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-03-28)

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