What Doctors Don't Tell YouNew 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). ...
Synthetic progesterone taken for therapeutic purposes such as dysfunctional uterine bleeding may increase the risk of heart disease, according to new data. ...
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...
The synthetic hormone progestogen is being widely prescribed to women for conditions where it is ineffective, or no more useful than a placebo, according to researchers from King's College Hospita ...
After years of being the odd one out against the likes of Dr John Studd, Theresa Gorman, MP, and broadcaster Dr Miriam Stoppard, Britain’s greatest apologists for hormone replacement therapy, I am pleased to witness that HRT is finally on the...
Q:I was extremely interested to read the case history concerning Primolut Depot (WDDTY vol 6 no 11). After two early miscarriages, I was injected with it during my third pregnancy after a lot of p ...
A new contraceptive pill that came onto the UK market a short while ago is being treated with caution in the Netherlands.
HRT diehards continue to effuse over the long-term benefits of HRT, but the latest evidence shows that long-term hormones offer a greater risk of dying early from cancer or stroke. As little as 10 years ago, it was considered heresy to criticise the...
If you are an older woman, modern medicine would have you believe you've basically got two choices: take a drug for an indeterminate amount of time, or turn into a humpbacked, sexless, dottering o ...
In the second part of our special report, we catalogue the little known side effects of a drug that is more likely to make you ill than add sparkle to your life. ... ...
