21.   She weaned herself from the antidepressants and started taking estrogen.

22.   Should women take estrogen after menopause?

23.   Since heart disease runs in her family, the cardiac benefits of taking estrogen appear to outweigh the risk of breast cancer.

24.   Some experts proposed that if the women took estrogen alone, the hormone would protect their hearts.

25.   Since many women cannot or will not take estrogen, other effective products have been developed.

26.   Some studies have found no such link, while others have found the higher risk associated only with women who were taking estrogen for longer time periods.

27.   Studies of women who took estrogen over long periods have recently produced conflicting findings about their chances of contracting breast cancer.

28.   The effect diminished in subsequent years, and by the fifth year the women taking estrogen did better than those taking the placebo.

29.   The hot flashes that spurred her to take estrogen in the first place finally passed two years ago.

30.   The majority of the women took estrogen alone and the others took a combination of estrogen and progestin.