pt. I. How did all this happen? -- Introduction I. Smart doctors, foolish forecasters -- 1. On the path to Premarin -- 2. Fountain of youth or Golden Fleece? -- 3. How has Premarin fared in the United States, and who was Robert Wilson? -- 4. A daring program to keep women young -- 5. Crazy people in America -- 6. Censorship, class-action lawsuits, and dangerous off-label prescription drugs -- 7. Madeline Gray : when nature throws the book at the menopausal woman -- 8. Poison by prescription -- 9. Ladies' night out -- 10. If the truth be told -- 11. Alice keeps busy and the FDA comes through -- pt. II. What do we know now? -- Introduction II. Between a rock and a hard place -- 12. Getting to the heart of the matter : estrogen, heart disease, and the triumph of suggestion over science -- 13. Health in the balance : understanding bones, bone loss, and new methods of osteoporosis prevention and treatment -- 14. Losing our minds to hormones : the premature prescribing of estrogen for Alzheimer's disease -- 15. And bear in mind, swimming in the sea of estrogens -- Appendix. Over the menopausal rainbow.
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