Retired School Teacher Wins $4 million after Developing Breast Cancer from HRT

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The attorney said Fraser began taking Prempro in the mid-1990s, when she was about 50 years old. Her gynecologist prescribed it after Fraser began experiencing hot flashes. Fraser, according to court documents, testified that she continued taking the drug because “it was working… and because my doctor felt it was safe.” Advertisements for the drug at that time also “enhanced” her decision to keep taking it.

Breast Cancer Risk Increases with Estrogen HRT

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According to a study published March 15 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, thoughts about how estrogen alone or estrogen in addition to progestin influence the risk of developing breast cancer has considerably changed in the past 10 years due to results from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) randomized placebo-controlled hormone therapy trials, and from large prospective cohort studies.

‘Sex, Lies & Menopause’ Author T.S. Wiley on Holy Hormones Honey!

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Join Leslie Carol Botha on Monday, March 19 on KRFC FM when she interviews T.S. Wiley, on her book, ‘Sex Lies and Menopause” and her work and research on Rhythmic Cyclic BHRT and the Wiley Protocol using natural cyclic hormones for menopause. Wiley has made numerous national radio and television appearances and since 2000 continues to present and lecture on Multi-Phasic, Rhythmic Cyclic BHRT and Hibernation and Metabolic States. Wiley’s Seminar’s on the Natural History of Endocrinology are attended by physicians from all over the world and they are awarded CME credits for her work.

USC study: Depo-Provera birth control may increase diabetes risk for obese women

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Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine found that obese women who received the Depo-Provera injection become more resistant to insulin. That means they were less able to lower their blood sugar levels, which leaves them more susceptible Type 2 Diabetes.

Pfizer Recalls 1M Birth Control Packs After Mix-Up

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National Public Radio INDIANAPOLIS February 1, 2012, 06:20 pm ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age. A manufacturing mix-up by Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, led to Continue Reading …

Study shows estrogen works in the brain to keep weight in check

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Southwestern Medical Center   DALLAS – Oct.  20, 2011 – A recent UT Southwestern Medical Center study found that estrogen regulates energy expenditure, appetite and body weight, while insufficient estrogen receptors in specific parts of the brain may lead to obesity. “Estrogen has a profound effect on metabolism,” said Dr. Deborah Clegg, associate professor of Continue Reading …

The Problem(s) with Sex

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The Chronicle of Higher Education January 21, 2012, 6:55 am By David Barash Sex is a problem for evolutionary biologists, a very big problem.  (Let’s be clear: we don’t personally have any more difficulty with it than does anyone else; it’s strictly a professional problem!)  And here it is: By all rights, sex shouldn’t exist. Continue Reading …

Facts known to vaccinators are not communicated to the consumer

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January 24, 2012 Letter to the Editor  In October, 2011 “Mercy” has published article by Dr. Joseph Mercola on Gardasil HPV vaccine from Merck produced by the company. A detailed analysis of the history of vaccines, clinical trials, promoting it on the market of pharmaceutical services, data on complications leads to the conclusion that the Continue Reading …

Women suffer needless IVF because clinics ignore male infertility

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Women are undergoing expensive, physically painful, emotionally grueling, and sometimes dangerous in vitro fertilization unnecessarily, because most fertility clinics continue to focus solely on women’s fertility issues, while paying little attention to the possibility of male infertility before starting a course of treatment. According to some of the UK’s top male health specialists, male infertility problems are going undiagnosed and untreated, resulting in women undergoing unnecessary IVF procedures; with all the inherent costs and emotional distress, as well as the possibility of medical injury.

Thousands of women at risk from DES

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The Independent Thousands of women at risk from ‘silent Thalidomide’ A drug intended to prevent miscarriage is blamed for causing cancer in the daughters – and possibly even granddaughters – of women who took it decades ago. By Sarah Morrison and Jaymi McCann  Sunday, January 22, 2012 Tens of thousands of British families are to Continue Reading …