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...Sobering facts about alcohol. Women under the age of 45 who knock back 14 or more drinks a week may double their chance of developing BREAST CANCER. Why? Researchers think alcohol may raise blood levels of estrogen, a hormone linked to the cancer...
Shandler, the author of several cookbooks, sought solace in the usual place--her kitchen. The result, Estrogen: The Natural Way (Villard, $24.95), will be in bookstores next month. It contains 250 recipes that Shandler devised for foods to relieve her discomfort, including salad dressings and soups, muffins and mousse cake. Just one slice of mousse cake a day, she swears, keeps those hot flashes...
...fatty acids rolled into one. The reason: many women are unhappy with the options mainstream medicine has to offer. For younger women in perimenopause, gynecologists sometimes prescribe low-dose birth-control pills to even out hormone levels. And as full menopause draws nearer, physicians typically prescribe Premarin, an estrogen derived from pregnant mares' urine. But while the benefits of Premarin are considerable--among other things, it may reduce the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis--there are potential dangers. Women who take Premarin for many years can increase their chance of developing breast cancer (see box for the latest research...
...black girls and 15% of white girls begin to show the first signs of PUBERTY, though 11 is the age when most doctors start to look for it. Researchers are worried that the early onset may be owing to chemicals in the environment that mimic the action of estrogen. As for the racial disparity, they can't explain...
...Throw out the moisturizer? Besides relieving symptoms of menopause, estrogen-replacement therapy seems to prevent SKIN from becoming dry and wrinkly. Why? Estrogen increases production of collagen, the fibrous tissue that makes skin elastic...