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...innately better at reading words and understanding emotions, or do they just get more practice? If heredity and biology are important, though, then it's a pretty good bet that the sex hormones are somehow involved. For that reason, researchers have begun delving into the effects of testosterone and estrogen on the brain...
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...
...MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT and our culture think every woman wants to look younger than she is and have a menstrual period forever? I'll be happy to take estrogen as soon as they come up with a pill that makes flabby, wrinkled, balding men over 50 look younger too. MEREDITH SMALL Ithaca, New York...
Just amonth after a study showed that taking estrogen increases a menopausal woman's risk of breast cancer, a new report finds just the opposite. The study, published in the current Journal of the American Medical Association and based on the medical histories of 1,029 Seattle-area women, found no increased incidence of breast cancer in women taking estrogen. Which study is correct? TIME's Alice Park says it's too soon to tell. "This is another study that doesn't tell us much beyond saying 'these women took estrogen and they didn't get breast cancer,' just...
...Howard Fillit, a geriatrician at New York City's Mount Sinai Medical Center, has conducted small-scale tests of estrogen with women who have mild to moderate Alzheimer's. Patients who did not know the month or year could recall them after just three weeks on daily doses of hormones. The women became more alert, ate and slept better, and showed improved social behavior. Fillit believes testosterone therapy may prove equally useful for male patients. Estrogen is not yet an approved therapy for Alzheimer's, but as the evidence builds, it is fast becoming one of the brightest hopes...