Guest guest Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 Dear Folks, I just wrote an email about HRT that mysteriously vanished. So, having provided more detail before, I'm going to keep this one brief, and mention that I think the genuinely scientific knowledge about HRT has been pretty accurate all along. The iatrogenic potential was known about, and scientists were able to be fairly clear what the limits of their knowledge was as well, for example in terms of potential benefits, that hadn't been properly established. What I think the HRT phenomenon has been about, besides commercial considerations, was that it was a medical fad, a well known phenomenon discussed by Andrew Weil quite well. I would suggest that when scientific research is conducted rigorously, it is rarely misleading - one can be quite clear about what the research establishes, and what it doesn't. Much of the time, the problem is that people fill in the uncertainties with fantasy - optimistic fantasies, possibly, if it's a biomedical treatment, and pessimistic fantasies if it's a CAM therapy. Wainwright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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