“The doctor wouldn’t have given it to me if he thought it was dangerous, right?”My wife asked this salient question as we discussed
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To treat young healthy prepubescent girls with a known carcinogen to stunt their adult height sounds like a bizarre science fiction experiment,
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Let’s rewind time. We’re in 1970. My mum, like millions of other women, puts all her trust and last hopes of carrying
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Discovering DES: Opening Pandora’s Box
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic estrogen. Known as DES in the United States, it is more commonly known as stilboestrol in the
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Are you familiar with the phrase “iatrogenic illness”? An affirmative answer is more likely among the readers of this website than the public
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I have always found it curious that many health-conscious women will pay more for meat and dairy products that promise “No Artificial
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Hysterectomy: Bad for the Heart and Much More
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A Mayo Clinic study has shown that hysterectomy without removal of ovaries increases the risk of heart disease. Women who had a
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I couldn’t help noticing the Wall Street Journal of Thursday, June 7, in which a column reported a completely unexpected suicide. The
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