Phytoestrogens for a

woman seeking relief from menopausal.svmptoms is common in Westesn society. Many women, however, suffer in silence or take the plunge towards synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Whilst the untoward symptoms of the female climacteric (change of life) are troublesome, the postmenopausal onslaught of degenerative diseases is the real health problem that faces the mature female. New information has surfaced about the dangers of conventional HRT provided in a synthetic format or in preparations derived from mare's urine. The Committee on Safetv of Medicines in the United Kin-dom has issued recently (in September of 1996) a warning of a threefold risk of thrombotic episodes in women treated with conventional HRT.