Looking For the Truth About Hormone Therapy

Since the Women's Health Initiative, physicians and researchers have questioned how findings were reported and suggest that women need not abandon hormone therapy. Read the Truth About Hormone Therapy PDF

What Experts Say About Hormone Therapy Now

See what doctors, researchers and the Commissioner of the FDA have to say about WHI findings and hormone therapy. In the months following the Women's Health Initiative, many women abruptly abandoned hormone therapy. Since then healthcare authorities from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) have cautioned women to not over-react. Here are a few of the recent statements that have been issued by researchers and organizations to help guide women who are using or considering hormone therapy.......Read More.

Restore^® Provides What the FDA Recommends

For more than a decade, Restore^® has helped physicians provide the individualized, low-dose hormone therapy that the FDA and the North American Menopause Society are now calling for. Read More about the Restore^® Program here.

Other Hormone Therapy Studies

Several important studies provide valuable information for women and practitioners about risks and benefits of hormone therapy. Read More.

Ask Marla: Individualizing Hormone Therapy

Dear Marla: Since the WHI study, there has been a lot of talk about "individualized" hormone therapy. What does that mean?

The portion of the WHI study halted in 2002 administered the same dose of the same synthetic hormone - Prempro - to all participants. The outcomes helped point out the need for hormone therapy to be customized to the individual's specific needs. Hormone medications differ and can be tailored to the individual patient in several ways.....Read More.

Migraines and Hormone Imbalance

Migraines are 2-3 times more common in women than in men. Approximately 60% of women who chart their migraine attacks will note that their headaches are partly or wholly synchronized with the menstrual cycle. Learn More about Menstrual Migraines.