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

surgery and again two months later after receiving injections of either estrogen or placebo. Those receiving estrogen either stayed at their pre-surgery cognitive level or, on one test, actually improved; those on placebo did worse on most of the verbal tests.