Hormone therapy was marketed as a solution without disclosing its risks from "summary" of The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women by Barbara Seaman
Hormone therapy was aggressively marketed to women as a solution to a myriad of health problems, from hot flashes to aging skin. The pharmaceutical industry, along with the medical establishment, painted hormone therapy as a miracle treatment without adequately disclosing its potential risks. Women were bombarded with messages that hormone therapy could alleviate menopausal symptoms and even prevent diseases such as heart disease and dementia. Advertisements and promotional materials played up the benefits of hormone therapy, often downplaying or outright ignoring the potential dangers. Doctors were encouraged to prescribe hormone therapy to women without fully informing them of the possible side effects, such as an increased risk of breast cancer and heart disease. Many women were left in the dark about the true risks associated with hormone therapy, leading them to believe it was a safe and effective treatment for menopause and other conditions. The push for hormone therapy was driven by profit motives, with pharmaceutical companies seeing the po...
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