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...harmless, entirely reliable, and aesthetically satisfactory to husband and wife." Within 10 years, however, Pincus and his colleagues delivered, inventing the drug that sparked the sexual revolution. Introduced in the U.S. in 1960, the birth control pill, known simply as the Pill, was an ovulation-suppressing mix of estrogen and progestin that was 99% effective...
Merizzi claims that estrogen causes cellulite by trapping fat underneath the skin. Cellasene supposedly boosts metabolism and circulation, thereby unlocking the trapped fat. Wrong, says Dr. Michael Rosenbaum, an obesity expert at Columbia University who co-authored an authoritative study of the anatomy of cellulite that was published last June in a peer-reviewed journal. There is no difference in blood flow in tissue with cellulite and tissue without it. And if estrogen caused cellulite, Rosenbaum notes, it would disappear at menopause...
Drugs commonly used to break up clots and stabilize erratic heartbeats are less effective in women than in men. Hormone-replacement therapy-estrogen and progestin-has been shown to help. A U.S.-government study is currently under way that aims to clarify how estrogen works on the heart, brain and breast...
...incidence of cancer of the uterus, ovaries and cervix over the past five decades. Pap smears that detect abnormal cells in the cervix before they become malignant have contributed to a 75% drop in cervical cancer since the 1950s. Wider use of birth control pills and hormonereplacement therapy (with estrogen and progestin) have decreased the risk of ovarian and uterine cancers. Recent research also suggests that in some cases, a low-fat diet can cut the risk of cervical cancer even further...
Women, more than men, experience a significant change in their bones in later life. In postmenopausal women, the skeleton becomes less dense, full of perforations caused by osteoporosis. The reason for the difference: less estrogen after menopause. The hormone slows down bone loss and builds up bone as well. Women past menopause who have estrogen-replacement therapy can prevent as much as 75% of their bone degradation and cut their risk of a hip fracture...