The study is the first one to look at the effects of alcohol on oral estrogen replacement therapy.

How and why did alcohol increase estradiol levels in women who were taking estrogen replacement therapy?

A. There are a few medical conditions in which people don't advise taking estrogen replacement therapy.

For many years, women who had breast cancer were told they couldn't take estrogen replacement therapy.

Q. What if estrogen replacement therapy doesn't work, or there are side effects?

When patients start taking estrogen replacement therapy, I tell them to call me in a few weeks, to let me know how they're doing.

For women with other types of cancer, however, estrogen replacement therapy can usually resolve many sexual problems.

Women on estrogen replacement therapy should discuss the risk and benefit of this treatment with their doctor.

The longer estrogen replacement therapy is used, the greater the risk may be.

The established medicine is estrogen replacement therapy, starting at menopause.

The study is the first one to look at the effects of alcohol on oral estrogen replacement therapy.

How and why did alcohol increase estradiol levels in women who were taking estrogen replacement therapy?

A. There are a few medical conditions in which people don't advise taking estrogen replacement therapy.

For many years, women who had breast cancer were told they couldn't take estrogen replacement therapy.

Q. What if estrogen replacement therapy doesn't work, or there are side effects?

When patients start taking estrogen replacement therapy, I tell them to call me in a few weeks, to let me know how they're doing.

For women with other types of cancer, however, estrogen replacement therapy can usually resolve many sexual problems.

Women on estrogen replacement therapy should discuss the risk and benefit of this treatment with their doctor.

The longer estrogen replacement therapy is used, the greater the risk may be.

The established medicine is estrogen replacement therapy, starting at menopause.