Women's Health

For the past century women have been taking hormone treatments for menopause and other hormonal symptoms, starting out in 1898 when women were fed cow ovaries (for their similar hormones). The industry of hormonal medicines has come a far way, except there have been a few contradictions in the past decade. The NY Times reports on a 600 million dollar research study by The Woman's Health Initiative;

But the findings have consistently surprised, debunking conventional wisdom time and again — about hormones and health, calcium to protect bones and the importance of a low-fat diet. The results, while invaluable, have also had a negative effect, leaving some women feeling frustrated, betrayed and whipsawed by what often seem to be contradictory headlines. And they have fueled cynicism about the medical establishment’s treatment of women. 

Many women jumped off their hormone treatments after this result in 1991. Treatments were shown to have some benefits, but there were also some contradictory affects. These included increased rate of heart problems and breast cancer. Furthermore, there have been fairly recent studies that show estrogen's beneficial affects. The result is a net loss of interest and trust in these medicines.