title: Alternatives to hormone therapy for hot flashes: many choices but science is lacking.
abstract: A 51-year-old postmenopausal third-grade teacher requests help for her hot flashes. She finds them especially troubling as she stands in front of her class and starts sweating. Although one student offers her tissues, others make fun of her--disrupting the class. Her sleep is interrupted several times a night. She refuses to use any form of estrogen because her mother died of breast cancer at the age of 60 years. Perhaps alternative therapies can help her.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Vanguard Menopause Consultation Service, Boston, MA 02116, USA. Marcie_Richardson@vmed.org
authors.forename: Marcie K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D019584:Hot Flashes / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D030262:Soybean Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D030262:Soybean Proteins