Since the Women's Health Initiative Study results were released in 2002, women - and their physicians - have known that synthetic hormone replacement drugs (such as the popularly prescribed Premarin and Prempro) significantly increase a woman's risk of breast and uterine cancers, heart attack, stroke and Alzheimer's disease. Now a new study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology says that women who take synthetic hormones to counter the symptoms of menopause are more likely to die from lung cancer. Does the mounting data mean that menopausal women have the choice of either suffering through menopause or putting their lives at risk? "Not necessarily," says C. W. Randolph, Jr., M.D. (PRWeb Jun 2, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/hormone/institute/prweb2484404.htm