COVER STORY
Did it Have to Happen?
Forty percent of menopausal American women try hormone- replacement therapy. But a major study calls it a cancer threat

What Did the Study Show? Sizing up the risks

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What Can I Do Instead?
Combatting diseases commonly associated with menopause


Alternative Therapies
Pre-menopause to post-menopause


What about menopause worries you the most?
Hot flashes
Night sweats
Mood swings
Aging
Osteoporosis
Other health risks


Tropic of Cancer 
The news on breast-cancer research that could save lives
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Estrogen 
It may be an elixir of youth, but is there a risk of cancer?

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FROM THE JULY 22, 2002 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2002
ROBERT A. DAVIS FOR TIME

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