Something really interesting happened in downtown San Antonio this week. Michael R. Is an accounting clerk at Frost Bank and works there in a second story office. Several weeks ago, he [...]
Entries Tagged as 'HRT'
A True Story About a “Quack”
May 14th, 2009 · 6:02 PM
Hormone Therapy, History, and Truth
March 30th, 2009 · 10:23 AM
For years women in the US were given drugs for menopausal symptoms (and other things) that were unproven to be safe, says the Wall Street Journal. Most commonly used were Premarin, which is derived from
Tags: bioidentical hormones, drugs, hormone therapy, HRT
Breast Cancer Decline: Where Credit is Due
March 26th, 2009 · 7:37 AM
Study Credits 2002 Warning on Hormone Replacement Drugs
Breast cancer rates prior to 2002 were 210,000 per year, reports the Wall Street Journal, with a drop to 190,000 per year after 2002. In the year 2002, the Women’s Health Initiative sponsored by NIH halted the study of Wyeth’s drug Prempro because it caused an increase
Tags: bioidentical hormones, breast cancer, hormone replacement therapy, hormones, HRT, pharmaceutical companies, progesterone, progestin
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Risks and Reliable Information
March 7th, 2009 · 10:45 AM
The 7 Things You Should Know About Hormones
The Health Journal section of the Wall Street Journal describes mainstream thinking on hormones and concerns with the recent “Oprah Winfrey Show” with Suzanne Somers. Melinda Beck, author of the article, recites the following mainstream thinking:
1) ‘Bio-identical’ hormones are
Tags: bioidentical hormones, estrogen, FSH, HRT, Melinda Beck, menopause, Oprah Winfrey, osteoporosis, progesterone, progestin, Suzanne Somers
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: