Estrogen Lowers Breast Cancer and Heart Attack Risk in Some<\/a>.\u201d I assumed it was another example of completely contradictory information, upholding the theory that almost anything can be proven to be good or bad for you if the right test is done in the right way. Hormones are GOOD for alleviating symptoms of menopause. No, they\u2019re BAD, they cause cancer. Vaccines are GOOD for your children. No, BAD, they cause autism. No, GOOD, they don\u2019t cause autism. Beets are GOOD for you. No, BAD\u2026 OK, that last one is just wishful thinking on my part. I hate beets. Don\u2019t even try to tell me I haven\u2019t had them fresh enough or prepared the right way. I\u2019ve tried to love them, really I have.<\/p>\nBut enough about me\u2026 Apparently when a woman is given estrogen she is also given a form of progesterone to protect her uterus. If the woman has had a hysterectomy she can take estrogen alone. The study followed these women, who didn\u2019t need to take progesterone, for 11 years and found they were 23% less likely to develop breast cancer than the women who had hysterectomies but did not take estrogen.<\/p>\n
Everyone seems to agree that more investigation is needed before any big changes are made, but who knows, maybe there\u2019s a hysterectomy and estrogen therapy in my future. I do hope someone weighs in on this soon because it\u2019s been, like, three whole years since my last surgery. I hardly know what to do with all my free time and extra body parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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