Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Richard Karas, MD, PhD

The government funding prospective study of the safety and efficacy of hormone replacement therapy in the menopause practically stopped the routine prescription of estrogen overnight. Why? Our guest today is Dr. Richard Karas, Professor of Medicine, at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He has several titles including: Co-Director, Molecular Cardiology Research Center, Director, Preventive Cardiology and Director, Women’s Heart Center at the New England Medical Center. He received his MD from Tufts and his Ph.D in Physiology from Harvard.