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ISOFLAVONES Plant estrogens--soy foods are a particularly rich source--seem to have some of the same effects as estrogen. Benefits may include...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What You Need to Know About ... Fruits & Vegetables | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

Meanwhile, lab studies on rats have alternately suggested that isoflavones inhibit and stimulate breast-cancer tumor growth. Recent studies showing that estrogen in hormone replacement therapy actually increases the risk of breast cancer and heart disease in postmenopausal women have scared some women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Soy Crazy | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

...really as beneficial as people think? Researchers have focused on one particular group of compounds in soy: the isoflavones, which are also found in lower concentrations in other legumes. Isoflavones are phytoestrogens, or plant estrogens, that weakly imitate the body's estrogen--sometimes they have an estrogenic effect, other times anti-estrogenic. They are thought to help stave off breast cancer, lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease, among other things. Just last month a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggested that isoflavones may also reduce the risk of endometrial cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Soy Crazy | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

These words were my introduction to my summer internship at The Hill, a congressional newspaper. I had just walked into the newsroom and met the only other female intern there. I did not realize it then, but I soon learned that there is a striking absence of estrogen among the nation’s media elite...

Author: By Anat Maytal, | Title: An Equal Say | 8/8/2003 | See Source »

Intriguingly, the parts of the Women's Health Initiative that look at the possible long-term health benefits of taking estrogen alone--without progestin--are continuing. That suggests that estrogen alone may yet prove beneficial. (Only women who have undergone a hysterectomy can safely take estrogen alone; estrogen without progestin increases the risk of uterine cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Beyond Hormones | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

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