The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women
Exploding the Estrogen Myth

Good. Really helps to reassure my trust in the pharmaceutical industry. 🙄 Synthetic hormones (specifically estrogen) are known to cause problems like osteoporosis and cancer of various sex organs, yet we still prescribe them for all kinds of problems many of which not studied for actual effectiveness......more

A very thorough look at the history of estrogen and its use in managing menopause symptoms Barbara Seaman draws on her history as a women's health reporter to explain the origins of medical hormone therapy, the intentions of its originators, and how it ballooned as the 20th Century closed. Her writin......more

A must read for all women who care about their health!......more

4 stars only for it being outdated on several points 20 years later. Greatest Experiment is a brilliant destruction of the mythos surrounding Estrogen and hormone birth control. Breaking down how the medical community insists that formulated hormones can cure or prevent nearly every condition, when......more

Only giving it 3 stars because it was a pretty hard read to digest at some points, but the information is very interesting. It took me a while to get through it, but definitely opened my eyes on HRT. Anyone interested in the effects/ history of artificial hormones or birth control should read this.......more