http://www.wddty.com/hrt_1 en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 20 A week can be a terribly long time in medicine. Take, for example, the arguments over the safety of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), designed to ease women through the menopause. http://www.wddty.com/hrt-the-danger-drug-that-wasn-t-then-was-again.html http://www.wddty.com/hrt-the-danger-drug-that-wasn-t-then-was-again.html Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 GMT Health A new study has revealed that hormone replacement therapy doesn’t help incontinence, one of the reasons it’s prescribed. http://www.wddty.com/it-worsens-incontinence.html http://www.wddty.com/it-worsens-incontinence.html Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT Health In 1994, I was prescribed HRT together with thyroxine for no proven reason and without monitoring. My excellent health of 30 years from taking 100 mcg of thyroxine changed. http://www.wddty.com/how-hrt-hurt-my-thyroid.html http://www.wddty.com/how-hrt-hurt-my-thyroid.html Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMT Health * Eat the right foods. Eating foods rich in phytoestrogens can allieviate menopausal symptoms. All pulses, tofu and whole soy products (avoid soy protein isolates), nuts, flaxseed and other seeds, grains (rice, oats, wheat, barley, rye), http://www.wddty.com/so-you-think-you-need-a-natural-hormone-supplement_1.html http://www.wddty.com/so-you-think-you-need-a-natural-hormone-supplement_1.html Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:00:00 GMT Health Now that HRT has been largely discredited, millions of women embarking on the menopause are on the lookout for natural alternatives. One of the favourites is so-called ‘natural’ progesterone, http://www.wddty.com/so-you-think-you-need-a-natural-hormone-supplement.html http://www.wddty.com/so-you-think-you-need-a-natural-hormone-supplement.html Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:00:00 GMT Health I run a natural hormone replacement clinic, and I have found that the majority of women who seek my advice for ‘menopausal symptoms’ do not have hormonal problems http://www.wddty.com/try-selenium-as-hrt-replacement.html http://www.wddty.com/try-selenium-as-hrt-replacement.html Sun, 1 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health HRT diehards continue to effuse over the long-term benefits of HRT, but the latest evidence shows that long-term hormones offer a greater risk of dying early from cancer or stroke. As little as 10 years ago, it was considered heresy to criticise the miracle of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). http://www.wddty.com/the-latest-cancer-risks.html http://www.wddty.com/the-latest-cancer-risks.html Wed, 1 May 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health Menopause is not a disease or a state of oestrogen deficiency. It is an age-appropriate, natural decline in oestrogen levels. Even though alternative therapists accept this, they are still passing out ‘prescriptions’ for natural oestrogen and progesterone with impunity. http://www.wddty.com/hyping-natural-hormones.html http://www.wddty.com/hyping-natural-hormones.html Wed, 1 May 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health The concept of osteoporosis as a menopausal disease did not exist before the 1970s. Before that time, osteoporosis was simply a disease of old age in some vulnerable individuals, male and female. http://www.wddty.com/the-marketing-of-osteoporosis.html http://www.wddty.com/the-marketing-of-osteoporosis.html Wed, 1 May 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health How can it be that recent studies are so at odds with previous ones? The early research into HRT is beset by a number of problems, including: * a lack of control groups, making it difficult to see the effects of HRT compared with non-users http://www.wddty.com/what-s-wrong-with-hrt-research.html http://www.wddty.com/what-s-wrong-with-hrt-research.html Wed, 1 May 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health Most of the problems associated with menopause can be alleviated simply by improving your overall health. Building on a foundation of a varied wholefood diet, you could try to: http://www.wddty.com/alternatives-to-hrt.html http://www.wddty.com/alternatives-to-hrt.html Wed, 1 May 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health Once again in medicine, statistics have triumphed over common sense. ... http://www.wddty.com/a-better-class-of-cancer.html http://www.wddty.com/a-better-class-of-cancer.html Sun, 1 Aug 1999 12:00:00 GMT Health In December 1991, during a visit to my GP for a bad cold, my doctor thought at my age 45 I needed HRT. From the day I took the first pill I started to bleed. My GP told me that the drug simply "ne ... http://www.wddty.com/case-study-risks-of-hrt.html http://www.wddty.com/case-study-risks-of-hrt.html Sat, 1 Jul 1995 12:00:00 GMT Health Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may not be the great heart disease preventative that medicine has been championing after all. All postmenopausal women in America have been recommended to take th ... http://www.wddty.com/hrt-heart-studies-biased.html http://www.wddty.com/hrt-heart-studies-biased.html Fri, 1 Jul 1994 12:00:00 GMT Health In the second part of our special report, we catalogue the little known side effects of a drug that is more likely to make you ill than add sparkle to your life. ... ... http://www.wddty.com/hrt-more-bad-news.html http://www.wddty.com/hrt-more-bad-news.html Sat, 1 Jan 1994 12:00:00 GMT Health HRT has been sold to women as a miraculous cure for the diseases of old age. ... http://www.wddty.com/the-myths-exploded.html http://www.wddty.com/the-myths-exploded.html Wed, 1 Dec 1993 12:00:00 GMT Health Menopausal women are being prescribed hormone replacement therapy by their doctors with inadequate consultation or discussion, according to a survey. ... http://www.wddty.com/hrt-without-explanation.html http://www.wddty.com/hrt-without-explanation.html Mon, 1 Feb 1993 12:00:00 GMT Health "I became incredibly ill while using HRT. I came off of it after nine months; that was four months ago. I am not out of the woods yet, to put it mildly. I am an asthmatic and perhaps more sensi ... http://www.wddty.com/case-study-the-risks-of-hrt.html http://www.wddty.com/case-study-the-risks-of-hrt.html Wed, 1 Jan 1992 12:00:00 GMT Health