Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women's Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer (2024 Revised and Updated Edition)

by Carol Tavris

Both estrogen and progesterone stimulate bone formation and inhibit bone loss, and no therapy studied has proven to be better than estrogen in preventing osteoporosis and fractures in the spine and hips.