What Doctors Don't Tell YouOne female reader writes in wanting to know if there are any others like her who suffers from too-low levels of oestrogen and progesterone. According to her, the problem is not one of balance (the two hormones are in right ratio) but volume. Her...
Doctors have assumed that the female hormone estrogen offers natural protection against heart complaints, and is the reason why women suffer fewer attacks than men. ...
New data suggest that a combined oestrogen-proges-togen regime poses a greater risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women than oestrogen alone (JAMA, 2000; 283: 485-91). ...
A landmark study, backed by the American Cancer Society, may force a re-evaluation of the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), especially among the over 55s. ...
Re progesterone cream (WDDTY vol 14 no 3), I prescribe it with good effect. What is being looked for is hormonal balance. When there is too much oestrogen, the body closes down oestrogen receptors.
Twenty years of prospective follow up in the US Nurses' Health Study shows that daily HRT containing oestrogen doses of 0.625 mg or higher plus progestin may increase the risk of stroke by up to 1 ...
Q:My 6 year old daughter recently had her dental check up. Because she now has her second teeth in at the back, the dentist wants to give her "pit and fissure sealant". She has never required fil ...
Last autumn, I felt generally under the weather, as did my husband and daughter. I have always responded well to acupuncture, so on the advice of an acupuncturist friend of a friend, we decided t ...
For every time, there is a season and, for every woman - if drug companies have their say - there is a contraceptive pill. Despite the mountain of evidence that the Pill can be dangerous, even life-threatening, the pharmaceutical industry keeps...
If ever there was a month that demonstrated how little medicine knows what it's doing, it has to be this one. In the same month, we find out that estrogen doesn't protect against heart disease, a ...
