Archive for May 8th, 2009
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HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPHY: AVOIDING OSTEOPOROSIS
‘Osteoporosis and its consequences may be regarded as one of the most serious long-term consequences of the human menopause.’ from Focus – The Menopause, International Monograph Series, 1990. ‘We are all aware of the undoubted benefits of HRT in preventing bone loss.’ letter in British Medical Journal, 1990. It is possible that you have read [...]
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NON-MEDICAL REASONS FOR HYSTERECTOMY
The continuing debate about whether hysterectomy is overused is an issue of great importance for the many women who will ask themselves at some time in their lives, Ts a hysterectomy really necessary for me?’ The debate has been fuelled by findings of large variations in rates of hysterectomy between and within countries for no [...]
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ATTITUDE TO SLEEPING DRUGS
But should we take sleeping pills? What is the attitude of society towards pills? We can look at this issue through the eyes of three groups of people, each with different attitudes to taking drugs: *No drugs at all—some people believe that the human body has a lot of inner resources and that drugs are [...]