If you’ve followed me for any length of time and read almost anything I’ve written about hormone replenishment therapy (HRT), you’ll know that my main message is this:The right kind of HRT is a great option for most women in menopause.

There is a lot of research showing that estrogen benefits blood flow and cognitive function (among a long list of other benefits). Therefore, it was alarming then when a study from Denmark was recently published reigniting fear about HRT and dementia.

This question comes up with pretty much every woman I talk to about hormone replacement therapy.

I am going to approach my answer from a few different angles.

I often say that there exists a continuum of doctors, where on one end of the spectrum we have conventional doctors, and on the other end is Suzanne Somers (and doctors who identify as “Anti-Aging” or Regenerative Medicine).

Breast cancer is one of our biggest fears at this time of life and with good reason. Even though over our lifetime, 87% of women will NOT get diagnosed with breast cancer, those who do get diagnosed want to catch it as early as possible when it is highly treatable. Mammograms do save lives, but when this benefit is optimized is controversial.

Heart disease kills more women than cancer, yet most women are more afraid of cancer than of heart disease. Why might this be?

One reason is what psychologists call the “availability heuristic.” (I had to look up “heuristic” – it’s a fancy word for “something that helps you learn.”)

In this blog, I will touch on the most recent recommendations for mammograms and the emergence of thermography.

The idea of any screening test is that it detects a disease before the onset of symptoms, and also that the benefit of the test outweighs any harm the test can cause.

Have you heard that the average woman’s risk of breast cancer is 1 in 8? This is the risk as understood by most doctors and that I have often quoted to others.

This year, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I want to go back to basics.

In any case, because you are here reading what I am writing, you are probably interested in learning about disease prevention. So this year for Breast Cancer Awareness month I want to review my most basic recommendations on how to prevent breast cancer or detect it very early.