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To Be or Not To Be: On Hormone Replacement Therapy. A Workbook to Help You Explore Your Options

As women pass beyond their childbearing years they are faced with new issues and decisions about their health: how to manage menopausal symptoms; whether to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT); and how to deal with increasing risks for conditions like heart disease, osteoporosis, and breast cancer.

Workbook Cover ArtThis workbook provides information and guidance to help you decide whether HRT is a good choice for you. Reading and answering the questions in the workbook will also prepare you to discuss HRT with your healthcare provider. This workbook focuses on the risks and benefits of HRT; helps you assess your risks for three important diseases related to HRT: heart disease, osteoporosis, and breast cancer; and makes you better equipped to make a decision about taking HRT.

Even if you are already taking HRT, you may want to browse all or parts of this workbook. You may be interested in the latest information about benefits, risks, and alternative strategies for relieving menopausal symptoms and preventing disease. For many women, decisions about taking hormones are made not once, but many times.

 

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CONTENTS:
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Personal Health Quizzes: Where Do You Stand?
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Menopause
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Hormone Replacement Therapy: What Every Woman Should Know
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Osteoporosis, Heart Disease, and Breast Cancer: Risks Women Worry About
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Putting It All Together: Assessing your personal risks, preferences, and the advantages and disadvantages of HRT
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A Guide To Talking With Your Healthcare Provider
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Three Stories: How other women have taken the first steps in deciding about whether to take hormone replacement therapy
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Additional Information

 

Single copies of "To Be or Not To Be – On Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Workbook to Help You Explore Your Options" are available free from the Federal Consumer Information Center (FCIC) by calling 1-888-8 PUEBLO and requesting publication #599H. Visit the FCIC Web site. Additionally, FCIC has made the publication available online in two formats, one with rich text and images and another in plain text.

This workbook was developed by investigators at Group Health Cooperative's Center for Health Studies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, as part of a study looking at preventive care in older women. Its development was completely funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

 




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