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Recent studies appear to indicate that hormone replacement therapy (HRT), once considered the "gold standard" of treatment may in fact do more physical harm than good. It is difficult to understand how such a disconnect could have occurred between science and marketing, but in the case of HRT, it did. Menopause like time marches on. Every day 4,000 women enter menopause. By 2020, sixty million women will be in or through menopause. Menopause, defined as having no menses for 12 consecutive months, is a process that usually occurs around the late 40s or early 50s. Contrary to popular belief, the levels of hormones in a woman's blood are very high (not low) during menopause. Mostly importantly, it should be understood that menopause does not only bring with it just physical change, but significant mental and emotional changes are also involved. This is well illustrated by Dr. Christiane Northrup in The Wisdom of Menopause where menopause is described as a "re-wiring of the brain". Dr. Northrup states that changes, and even upheavals in emotions and psyche are an integral process of menopause. Unfortunately, many times we cover this important time in a woman's life with medication |