Estrogen Pills

It has been five years after a landmark study scared millions of women off hormones for menopause symptoms. Now a new research suggests the pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who start taking them in their 50's. These women suffered less hardening of the arteries than those who took dummy pills. Doesn't that just take the cake? After scaring everyone half to death, now they find this out. The latest study suggests women who take hormones at the start of menopause seem to gain some health benefits beyond relief of hot flashes. But that is in sharp contrast to women who raise their health risks when they take hormones in their 60's and 70's. This new study is the latest attempt to sort out how menopause hormones affect the risk of cancer, Alzheimers, stroke and heart problems and whether those risks differ by age.