Estrogen, when used with a progestin, can increase the risk of heart disease (such as heart attacks), stroke, serious blood clots in the lungs/legs, dementia, and cancer of the breast/ovaries. The risk for serious side effects may depend on the dose of estrogen and the length of time it is used.
Malia Zimmerman. Malia Zimmerman is a reporter for Watchdog.org, a national network of investigative reporters covering waste, fraud and abuse in government. Watchdog.org is a project of the nonprofit Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity. @Watchdogorg.
Jan Masaoka is publisher of Blue Avocado and the CEO of the California Association of Nonprofits. She is a former instructor of nonprofit finance in Golden Gate University's MPA program. Steve Zimmerman, CPA, MBA, is principal of Spectrum Nonprofit Services in Milwaukee and a regular contributor to Blue Avocado. With Jeanne Bell he co-authored The Sustainability Mindset: Using the Matrix Map to Make Strategic Decisions to be released by Jossey Bass later this year.