Breast Cancer’s Decline Analyzed
Study Credits 2002 Warning on Hormone Replacement Drugs
A study recently cited in the Wall Street Journal points out that breast cancer rates prior to 2002 were 210,000 per year, but there was a drop to 190,000 per year after 2002. Interestingly, in the year 2002, the Women’s Health Initiative sponsored by NIH halted the study of Wyeth’s drug Prempro because it caused an increase in breast cancer and vascular disease (increased heart attacks and stroke). This was the only risk factor that was identified to account for this change.
Dr. Gardner’s comments: For years prior to 2002, physicians in the alternative medicine field were unitedly talking about the increased risk of breast cancer in women on HRT (hormone replacement therapy) after menopause. In order for a drug company to patent a drug, it cannot be ‘natural.’ So the drug companies add a chemical group to the natural compound, test it for ‘usefulness’ and ’safety’, and release it after FDA approval. Unfortunately, in the HRT (hormone replacement therapy) arena, it was difficult to tease out ‘natural’ bioidentical progesterone from ‘chemically altered’ progestin (because they were both called progesterone).
As a general rule—bioidentical products (that are chemically identical to what the body makes) will always be safer than chemically altered products. The body has the metabolic network to utilize or break down ‘natural’ substances, while it may not know how to handle ‘chemically altered’ material. I plan on several more interesting and informative articles soon, about hormone replacement therapy, and how it can be of help.
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing:
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