Dr. Paul D. Burstein This is Me

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1. 1. Transitions Through the Perimenopausal Years: Demystifying the Journey - Book Review - NAMS

   www.menopause.org/BR-transitio - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/11/2007   Last Visited: 1/3/2008

   Paul D. Burstein, MD, FACOG Clinical Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, and the Medical College of Wisconsin

2. 2. MedicalMoment.org

   www.medicalmoment.org/monthly/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/8/2006   Last Visited: 11/8/2007

   - with Paul Burstein, M.D., obstetrician/gynecologist with Columbia St. Mary's and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin
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   "This trend, beginning in the 1950s, reached its peak in the late 1960s when some physicians felt that menopause could be eliminated," said Dr. Paul Burstein, a gynecologist with Columbia St. Mary's and a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin.
   
   Until recently, there was much observational data to support the notion that women on hormones were stronger and healthier with lower incidents of coronary disease. But this had not been formally studied. The Women's Health Initiative was intended to apply modern statistical analysis to these observations.
   
   Dr. Paul Burstein, M.D., obstetrician/gynecologist with Columbia St. Mary's and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin
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   "The study looked at the rest of the data and found more strokes, heart attacks and blood clots in women taking estrogen and progesterone," Dr. Burstein said.
   
   So why the body of evidence suggesting that hormones offered protection? Dr. Burstein believes, as do many, that the observational data on women who chose to take hormones were looking at women who would naturally be healthier.
   
   Preventing heart disease HRT does alleviate other symptoms of menopause and protect against bone loss, but for women concerned about heart disease, regardless of whether or not they use hormones, other means of prevention need to be practiced.
   
   Dr. Burstein believes women must return to other health-wise suggestions that have been known for years.
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   If you have a lot of heart disease in the family, it's something your physician should check out," Dr. Burstein said.
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   There is a small potential risk of stomach irritation but it's an inexpensive way of getting cardiac benefit and it also may reduce the risk of colon cancer," Dr. Burstein said.
   
   "Then there is calcium. Evidence suggests that adequate calcium intake is associated with lower risk of hypertension. It's also good for your bones. That's a multiple benefit - cheap and simple with very low risk," Dr. Burstein concluded.

3. 3. www.menopause.org

   www.menopause.org/BRtransition - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/19/2007   Last Visited: 8/19/2007

   Paul D. Burstein, MD, FACOG Clinical Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, and the Medical College of Wisconsin