What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About
However, 99 percent of the time I find that these so-called side effects have good reasons to exist.
John R. Lee, Virginia Hopkins • What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About
This is because estrogen causes dilation of blood vessels, and thus contributes to the cause(s) of migraines.
John R. Lee, Virginia Hopkins • What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About
Enormous doses can cause an anesthetic or drunken effect.
John R. Lee, Virginia Hopkins • What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About
these years may help prevent breast cancer. What About Mammograms? Mammograms are low-energy X-ray views of breasts obtained for the purpose of detecting breast cancer earlier than by palpation, in the hope that the risk of dying from breast cancer can be reduced. Though this hope may appear sensible to most, appearance and reality are not necessar
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Then we have the problem of reliability. Just how good are mammograms at accurately detecting breast cancer? A large Canadian study found that women utilizing mammograms experienced a higher mortality from breast cancer than women who did not have mammograms.
John R. Lee, Virginia Hopkins • What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About
Migraines are thought to be related to overdilation of blood vessels in the brain.
John R. Lee, Virginia Hopkins • What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About
About a third, or 35 percent, of postmenopausal women (usually those with less body fat) may benefit from low-dose estrogen supplementation. HRT doses of estrogen are typically greater than a postmenopausal woman needs.
John R. Lee, Virginia Hopkins • What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About
Pregnenolone does appear to have some benefit on rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. Those who have this autoimmune disease may want to try 10 to 50 mg three times daily. Give it at least a month to work. Some clinicians use doses of 100 to 200 mg daily, but please use these amounts only under the supervision of a health care professional who will monit
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The efficacy of screening mammography was evaluated by a recent overview study. After analyzing 13 studies, the authors concluded that mammography offers no benefit to women under 50 years of age, but appears to reduce breast cancer mortality in women aged 50 to 74.