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This past Wednesday (7/10/02) The Washington Post ran an article on the front page: "Hormone Treatment Is Called Harmful: Menopause Study Cites Health Risks" (by Susan Okie).

• "A landmark scientific study has found that giving hormones to healthy menopausal women does more harm than good. . . .
• " . . . The stunning findings from the federally funded Women's Health Initiate (WHI) released yesterday appear to dash the longstanding hope that taking the hormones estrogen and progestin after menopause would help women live healthier lives. . . .
• " . . . the WHI's study of more than 16,000 women found that those pluses (reducing the frequency of hip fractures and of colon cancer) were outweighed by the increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease and circulatory disorders. . . ."

Approximately 14 million women in the United States are taking estrogen and progestin or HRT. This finding has raised serious concerns among these women about what to do now, in light of the new information. Here are some suggestions on how best to use the Perelandra tools if you are dealing with the fallout from this study's findings. (NOTE: All Perelandra tools may be safely used with any conventional medical treatment.)

I have broken the information into 3 areas, with Green, Maroon and Blue Level tools within each:

1. For assistance in getting off HRT
2. Post-HRT: menopause assistance & additional stabilizing
3. Premenopause and menopause assistance for healthy women who have not used HRT