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Hormone Replacement Therapy

As soon as her body fails to produce enough estrogens almost all women should start taking female hormones. The advantages are numerous, Estrogens replacement therapy reduces a woman's risk of, Heart attack, Osteoporosis, Colon cancer, Mental and emotional decline, Alzheimer's disease It also prevents hot flashes, mood swings, fatigue which may result from hormone deficiency.

Side effects
There is no convincing evidence that estrogens replacement has any negative side effects. It does not increase the risk of breast cancer. Women who take hormones are different than women who don't in many ways. Importantly, they are more likely to be in the health care system. They get more mammograms and more early breast cancers are discovered.

Women who still have a uterus need to take a second progestational hormone to balance the effect of estrogens on the lining (endometrium) to reduce the risk of cancer at that location. A woman who takes both hormones has less risk of cancer than a woman who takes no hormones at all.

Early in her life a women's ovaries also produce some male hormones. Some women benefit from small doses of male hormones in addition to the estrogen and progesterone.