1. Moore said the only women for whom she would not recommend postmenopausal estrogen supplements are those with a personal history of breast cancer. 2. Such is the case with postmenopausal estrogen use, which protects against heart disease but somewhat increases breast cancer risk. 3. The Initiative is designed to find out if postmenopausal estrogen pills actually do raise that risk. 4. Rodriguez said postmenopausal estrogen may overcome that protection, but critics said she studied too few contraceptive users to tell. 5. There are pros and cons to postmenopausal estrogen. |