…. when a federal jury said the drug company was liable to the tune of $19.3 million. The drugs in question are Premarin, which is an estrogen replacement, and Prempro, which is a combination of estrogen and progestin. Wyeth has previously been sued for Premarin and Prempro and the results of these lawsuits have been [...]

Female patients’ rights advocate Barbara Seaman, 72, has died of complications related to lung cancer Wednesday at her home in Manhattan. Her oncologist blamed her death on the replacement hormone drug Premarin, which was prescribed to alleviate symptoms of her menopause. Barbara Seaman’s first book, The Doctors’ Case Against the Pill, has triggered debate and [...]

A federal appeals court Thursday upheld a jury’s finding that Wyeth (NYSE:WYE PR) (NYSE:WYE) Pharmaceuticals wasn’t liable in the case of a Little Rock woman who got breast cancer after taking the company’s hormone-replacement therapy. Helene Rush sued the company’s parent, Wyeth, in 2005, accusing the New Jersey drug maker of negligence in its Premarin [...]

A 2002 landmark study found that HRT drugs may raise a woman’s risk of heart attack, stroke or breast cancer which prompted may woman to stop. Many instead became interested in bio-identical hormones. Compounding pharmacies emerged as a preferred supply of these hormones. But then, according to the FDA, they started making false claims online. [...]

Natural Woman, Natural Menopause, Benefits of bio-identical Plant Derived Hormones, Safe Alternativs to premarin and Provera, nutritional Guides, and More Those desiring alternatives to standard hormone replacement therapy (HRT) during menopause will find useful information in each of these books. All explain menopausal symptoms, current HRT treatment and side effects, the importance of particular hormones, [...]

Poor memory in menopause is one condition for which ginkgo biloba is well worth trying. In Germany ginkgo biloba is one of the top selling products among all medicines — not just herbs! Purposes for which ginkgo is used include general brain insufficiency (memory, blood circulation), cold hands and feet, Alzheimer’s disease, tinnitus, depression, eye [...]

Countless women find that alternatives to HRT are effective in relieving night sweats and hot flushes as well as the mood swings and depression associated with the menopause. Last year, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists gave warning that many herbal remedies and supplements with purported benefits have not been properly tested and may [...]