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Introduction -- Beginnings -- From the "neutral gender" to "feminine forever" -- Selling estrogen to doctors -- Selling estrogen to women -- From hero to villain: estrogen and endometrial cancer -- Enter the feminists: informing women about estrogen -- Enter the FDA: a patient package insert for estrogen -- Resurrecting estrogen, I: osteoporosis and medical science -- Resurrecting estrogen, II: osteoporosis and American culture -- Skeptics and believers: varieties of women's responses -- Weighing the benefits and risks of HRT: estrogen, heart disease, and breast cancer -- 1992: the year of the menopause -- Meno-boomers: another generation confronts estrogen -- The "gold standard": estrogen and the randomized controlled trials. |
