Estrogen Quotes

Women who need to take estrogen because of severe menopausal symptoms should take the smallest amount of dose, for the shortest possible amount of time. - Dr. Judith Hsia

We're not suggesting at this point that women use estrogen for the express purpose of preventing cardiovascular disease. But this does suggest that more research is needed on younger women and recently menopausal women to explore this question. There may be a window of opportunity when women will have some heart protection from estrogen. - JoAnn Manson

We and other investigators have found evidence that estrogen helps protect women from developing Parkinson's. So, a gene variant that would decrease estrogen production or activity would put those women at greater risk for the disease. - Walter Rocca

We all believe that oral contraceptives protect against ovarian cancer... Most of us believe that estrogen protects against coronary heart disease. We all believe that smoking causes lung cancer. - Leon Speroff

This finding indicates that estrogen absorbed through (an estrogen receptor) has a clear cancer preventing effect in the colon. - Svenska Dagbladet

This bio-identical estrogen gel formulation may not only offer greater comfort and convenience over a pill or a patch, but we believe the lowest effective dose was identified in clinical trials at unusually low daily delivery of estrogen. Thus, if and when approved, Bio-E-Gel may become the lowest dose of estrogen available to treat hot flashes, making it an attractive alternative to currently marketed estrogen therapies. - Stephen Simes

These new findings suggest the possibility that if a woman starts hormone therapy sooner rather than later, perhaps we will see some of the protective effects on the heart that natural estrogen provides - or at least it won't increase the risk of cardiovascular-related harm. - Dr. Nanette Santoro

There's a lot of estrogen going on here. I'm not saying it's a good thing, either. Women are very catty and very calculated. They tend to have ulterior motives. - Mindy Segal