Mirroring their younger daughters, who are increasingly wary of birth control pills, many postmenopausal women no longer trust hormonal menopause treatments. The numbers speak for themselves. if in 2000 every 2nd underwent hormonal treatment, today they are less than 10%. This phenomenon is unrelated to the publication of a large American study in 2002 that highlighted the increased risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular disease associated with hormone therapy. Looking back 20 years, what do we know today about its risks and benefits? Who is this treatment for?
Menopause is a natural process that usually occurs around the age of 50. A woman is said to be in menopause when she has not had a period for more than a year. In effect, the ovaries stop working and the hormones they produce (estrogen and progesterone) are no longer secreted. But…
Source: Le Figaro
