11.   The female sex hormone estrogen could help people with schizophrenia recover from psychotic episodes, an Australian psychiatrist has discovered.

12.   The findings flew in the face of previous studies that concluded estrogen helped the heart.

13.   The hormone estrogen helps slow the breakdown of bone.

14.   Because estrogen helps maintain bone density, such girls run the risk of stress fractures and are more prone to developing osteoporosis in adulthood.

15.   Two other recent studies found no evidence estrogen helped the hearts of postmenopausal women who already have heart disease.