Hormones are dangerous!
That’s the foregone conclusion you could reach when you do a quick Google search of the words, “hormones for menopause.” A bunch of medical authority sites pop up in your search, telling you that “estrogen increases breast cancer and heart attack risk,” “hot flashes can be treated with natural remedies” and “hormones should only be given at the lowest effective dose and should not be used for more than 5 years.”