Includes the latest information on how estrogen can:*Reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, certain cancers, and more *Alleviate symptoms of menopause *Enhance mood, memory, and sexual function *Ease insomnia Plus: *Facts and fallacies about designer estrogens *The truth about estrogen and breast cancer GET THE FACTS ON THE CONTROVERSIAL HORMONE THAT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.Written by a physician and associate director of obstetrics and gynecology at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, this breakthrough book shatters many of the myths and misconceptions surrounding estrogen. Using the most current scientific research, Dr. Adam Romoff shows why estrogen is essential in reducing the risk of life-threatening diseases-and how it can help women lead healthier, happier, and longer lives. AUTHORBIO: ADAM ROMOFF, M.D., the Associate Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, is also in private practice.He lives with his wife and their three children in Rye, New York.INA YALOF, a medical sociologist, is the author of Straight from the Heart: Letters of Hope and Inspiration from Survivors of Breast Cancer, Open Heart Surgery: A Guidebook for Patients and Families, and Life and Death: The Story of a Hospital.She lives with her husband in New York City.