EVERY WOMAN'S DILEMMA CONGRATULATIONS FOR PRESENTING THE crucial and complex topic of estrogen therapy [COVER STORY, June 26]. It is an issue that directly affects more than half the world's population. How does a woman decide what path to take in a sea of changing and conflicting information? Evidence strongly indicates a longer disease-free life-span with sustained independence in women on estrogen-replacement therapy compared with those who do not take estrogen. It seems there is an egg-size risk (breast cancer, uterine cancer) compared with a watermelon-size benefit (less heart disease, less disabling osteoporosis). One should never take a medication that has...
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