When I talk to my patients and friends about starting Hormone Replacement Therapy I often hear that fear of cancer is main reason not to start hormones. When I hear their response I remember what my father, the prominent oncologist, used to say.
" Cancer is merciful disease, it kills it's victims, look at all these diseases that linger for decades and tortures the sufferers like stroke for example or arthritis."
Recent article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is another proof not only for the need of HRT ( Hormone Replacement Therapy ) but the necessity of starting it early after the commencement of menopause.
As soon as hormone levels start to drop body starts a process of adjustment to the lower hormone levels and after several years bothersome symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats and others subside. However the process of living without healthy levels of hormones lead to many undesirable changes in body genetics and chemistry that promote development of most of the Natural Diseases of Aging namely : Obesity, Diabetes, Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, Immuno depresion, Hyperadaptosis, Depression and Cancer.
Just imagine a victim of stroke. Paralysed on one side or unable to read and understand speech, unable to control urine or stool or blind.
The longer time woman is deprived of sex hormones the more adjustment changes take place and at a certain time these changes become irreversible.
This latest article just proves that the earlier you start your hormone replacement the better and gives another reason to seriously consider HRT as soon as you start process of menopause or about 10 years before periods stop.
To read the article from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences click here
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802113616.htm
