Endorsements
“This is such an important book, I want to do all I can to encourage every woman to read it. Groundbreaking and carefully researched, Estrogen Matters provides essential information about the many benefits of estrogen at menopause and even after a diagnosis of breast cancer. It reveals the misinterpretation of study results that led women (and their doctors) to have unwarranted concerns about estrogen use. The thoughtful information presented here will help women feel more comfortable taking estrogen, leading to healthier, longer lives for many.”— Patricia T. Kelly, PhD, specialist in cancer risk assessment and author of Assessing Your True Risk of Breast Cancer
“Having spent over two decades advancing women's health, I was appalled by the Women’s Health Initiative’s efforts to sensationalize and distort their own findings to promote an anti-hormone-therapy agenda. I hope Estrogen Matters draws enough attention to counter the fears and misinformation about HRT that so many women, and their physicians, still hold." — Phyllis Greenberger, MSW, former President and CEO of the Society for Women's Health Research
“This book is long overdue, and I salute the authors for their courage and effort (and their clear, witty writing). I believe it is an ethical imperative for all clinicians who treat women in menopause or women with breast cancer to alert their patients to this book. It will not only improve women’s quality of life, but also, on balance of probabilities, extend women’s lives by delaying death from all other causes.” — Michael Baum, MD, Professor Emeritus of Surgery and visiting professor of Medical Humanities, University College London
“How could one flawed scientific conclusion become a persuasive juggernaut that changed the practice of women’s health worldwide? In their fascinating account, Bluming and Tavris challenge that conclusion and unpack the reasons for its remarkable impact.” — Robert B. Cialdini, PhD, author of Influence and Pre-Suasion
From a review on the menopausegoddessblog.com: "To HRT or not to HRT? At long last, someone has collected the body of studies that explore estrogen and its role in areas such as heart disease, breast cancer, brain function, and bone health. Avrum Bluming, MD and Carol Tavris, PHD share their research, knowledge, and stories from patients in this groundbreaking book: Estrogen Matters. This book doesn’t tell you whether or not you personally should take HRT, but it lays out all the information you might want in order to make an informed decision.”
For the full review, see:
https://www.menopausegoddessblog.com/?s=bluming&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
"This book should be mandatory reading for women of any age and for men who care about any woman. I am a retired physician who specialized in breast disease for more than 40 years and never read a more organized and conclusive evaluation of estrogen and hormone replacement therapy.” — Robert J Rosser, MD
“Well written, insightful,
and hard hitting, Estrogen Matters successfully rebuts the
billion-dollar, government-led study known as the Women’s Health Initiative,
which claimed that hormones for post-menopausal women are harmful. That study
was wrong. It turns out estrogens do matter for women’s
health.” — Vincent T. DeVita Jr., MD, Professor of Medicine, Yale School of
Public Health and Yale Cancer Center
“If you’re one of the many
menopausal women who reflexively avoid hormone replacement therapy to treat
your symptoms because of all the scary headlines, this book is a must-read. The authors deftly cut
through the hype to build a strong, well-reasoned case for challenging the
current accepted wisdom.” — Jennifer Ouellette, author of Me, Myself and Why
“Given breast cancer’s
substantial morbidity, mortality, emotional toll and the vast consequences of
its treatment, this frontal salvo on the conventional wisdom of estrogen use is
refreshing and welcome. The book will
stir a lively debate about the merits of decades of existing clinical research
on estrogens and help reframe the way clinicians and patients view the tradeoff
between the benefits and risks of hormone therapy.” — Jerome P. Kassirer, MD,
Distinguished Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine; former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
“This book is an exhaustively researched and meticulously reasoned vindication of HRT. Very enlightening! Bluming and Tavris tell estrogen’s story in a way that is both accessible to the general public and appropriate for professionals. What’s more, they provide valuable insights into understanding research and how even the best randomized controlled studies can lead to unjustified public fears and injudicious clinical recommendations.” — Harriet Hall, MD, editor, Science-Based Medicine
"In a thorough, careful and unbiased assessment of all the scientific evidence, Bluming and Tavris show that estrogens are not only not dangerous but beneficial for the vast majority of women suffering from post-menopausal symptoms, whether or not they have had breast cancer. This extremely valuable message deserves to be widely disseminated." — Lord Leslie Turnberg, former President of the Royal College of Physicians
“I was one one those women who regarded HRT as the devil's work, so I approached this book with skepticism. But I found it a real eye-opener. The authors turn a convincing light on weaknesses with the studies and reasoning that led to the wholesale rejection of HRT and on the many benefits to taking it. In addition to being a necessary corrective to the wide pendulum swing against HRT, it's an essential reminder that extreme pendulum swings (which seem to the only ones we get) are always misleading: for this as for all important questions, we need reasoned, nuanced consideration, not of ‘both sides’ but of ‘all sides.’ This book is so important for that insight, as well as for the invaluable information it imparts about HRT.” — Deborah F. Tannen, author of You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, and You’re the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women’s Friendships
“This book is an exhaustively researched and meticulously reasoned vindication of HRT. Very enlightening! Bluming and Tavris tell estrogen’s story in a way that is both accessible to the general public and appropriate for professionals. What’s more, they provide valuable insights into understanding research and how even the best randomized controlled studies can lead to unjustified public fears and injudicious clinical recommendations.” — Harriet Hall, MD, editor, Science-Based Medicine
"In a thorough, careful and unbiased assessment of all the scientific evidence, Bluming and Tavris show that estrogens are not only not dangerous but beneficial for the vast majority of women suffering from post-menopausal symptoms, whether or not they have had breast cancer. This extremely valuable message deserves to be widely disseminated." — Lord Leslie Turnberg, former President of the Royal College of Physicians
“I was one one those women who regarded HRT as the devil's work, so I approached this book with skepticism. But I found it a real eye-opener. The authors turn a convincing light on weaknesses with the studies and reasoning that led to the wholesale rejection of HRT and on the many benefits to taking it. In addition to being a necessary corrective to the wide pendulum swing against HRT, it's an essential reminder that extreme pendulum swings (which seem to the only ones we get) are always misleading: for this as for all important questions, we need reasoned, nuanced consideration, not of ‘both sides’ but of ‘all sides.’ This book is so important for that insight, as well as for the invaluable information it imparts about HRT.” — Deborah F. Tannen, author of You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, and You’re the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women’s Friendships