What Doctors Don't Tell YouWHY TAKE HRT? Vitamin D is just as good, and safer
KEEP ON WALKING: a simple remedy for postmenopausal women
A new British review has concluded that a woman taking HRT is more likely to contract a life-threatening disease than be protected against one.
What’s a girl to do? Five recent studies have shown that soy is worthless for treating the symptoms of menopause.
Q My life is being made hell by hot flushes and night sweats. I am 50 years old and reluctant to take HRT. And now all the herbs have been discredited. Can you recommend any natural ways to combat the menopause? - S.T., via e-mail
* Gamma-oryzanol. This naturally occurring mixture of the plant chemicals sterols and ferulic acid esters has proved effective for reducing menopausal symptoms in 40 perimenopausal women, taken at a dose of 300 mg/day for four to eight weeks (Nippon...
* Larium under investigation
The US army has launched a study into the side-effects of antimalarial drug mofloquine (Lariam) following allegations that the drug might be linked to suicides
After all its other bad press recently, it’s the final nail in the coffin for hormone replacement therapy. The large-scale US Women’s Health Initiative studies have found that, among other risks,
HYPERTENSION: Could it be an inflammatory disorder?
INFERTILITY: Well, how about one of our cancer drugs?
