Discussion: Dangers of Taking Hormones for Menopause

SUMMARY: For many years, women around the world were turning to Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) believing that symptoms of menopause were being controlled and nothing more. This type of treatment became so common that HRT was soon the standard treatment option. Unfortunately, women began getting sick, developing cancer and other illnesses. Realizing that these women all had one thing in common, Hormone Replacement Therapy, doctors and researchers started putting the pieces of the puzzle together. The bottom line - HRT is not just dangerous to women's health but far more dangerous than ever believed.