Prempro

And Clue and Izzy.

But not all arrived at the farm, Locket's Meadow, as foals.

Others were urine-producing mares on Canadian farms until a few years ago, when a government-funded national health study revealed serious health risks associated with Premarin and But all 14 of Schurman's PMU horses have one thing in common, she says: Were it not for a nationwide network of horse rescuers, they and countless others would have been butchered long ago, then digested by diners everywhere from Mexico to Japan.

The PMU industry says otherwise.

On their Premarin and Under "Important Safety Information," it says "estrogens increase the chances of getting cancer of the uterus," and that estrogens, whether combined with progestin (a steroid hormone) or not, "may increase your chances of getting heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, and blood clots" and "may increase your risk of dementia." What they really mean is that Premarin and These risks were highlighted in a Women's Health Initiative study on the effects of estrogen as well as estrogen plus progestin, the findings of which were released in 2002 and 2004, respecti...

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