All you ever wanted to know about hormones and menopause

Over at Neurotopia, Evil Monkey has been busy writing up a series on hormone therapy.

Part One: history and basics. (Be sure to check out the 1960s-era ads for hormone replacement therapy too...be warned that they might raise your blood pressure).

Part Two: types of HRT and consequences, including material on the Women's Health Initiatives that have received a lot of press over the past several years.

Part Three: cognitive consequences.

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