In Australia, hot flashes are called hot flushes. I prefer the term "flashes" since it sounds like it will be over quickly and not like it involves a toilet.
The Sydney Morning Herald ran an informative article about hormone replacement therapy and how it may not be as bad as previously thought. Ru-row, did someone look at the data incorrectly? Or did pharmaceuticals lose too much money? The article gives an example of a woman who was having such a terrible time with menopausal symptoms that she finally turned to hormone replacement therapy. So basically the article serves up the question, how bad does it have to be before it’s okay for you to turn to hormone therapy? I’m guessing each woman will have her own breaking point.
The next day I ran across an article from Bloomberg Businessweek that talks to a decline in invasive breast cancer in women over 50 that’s in direct proportion to a lesser use of hormone therapy. Who would have thought?
Now seriously, could this shit be any more confusing? I'm starting to feel flushed.
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