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Two very different books on Menopause
This week I had a look through my bookcase to check what I have dealing with menopause. Let’s face it, books go out of date very quickly. Menopause certainly doesn’t change, but new studies on subjects such as HRT, black cohosh and soya are coming in all the time. One former favourite hasn’t lasted the …
More News on Soy
Image via Wikipedia There are two schools of thought on soy. While there are those who say that the whole business of encouraging us to eat more soya products is a scam – only aimed at sales of products, a new study, limited to Asian American women, found that high soy intakes during adolescence and …
Risks from HRT are too high
I have a friend who swears by HRT. She says it makes her life easier, makes her feel more in control and effectively stops her hot flushes. All I can say is that I would rather have the heatwave any day. Why take HRT to treat hot flushes – hot flashes? We can expect to …
