After finishing the last post, I recieved an email about the Endocrine Society’s recent position statement on hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Even with this recent reassurance (sort of) that HRT may be helpful for women who begin the treatment soon after the onset of menopause, the Endocrine Society offers no firm guidelines. Again it boils down to weighing the [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Speaking of risks versus benefits
Posted in Uncategorized on July 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ivy therapy
Posted in Uncategorized on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A friend tells a story about his little sister who, as a child, had kidney cancer. After surgery and chemotherapy she recovered completely and went on to have a totally normal childhood. At summer camp one year, she became confused when the counsellors warned campers about poison ivy. She wondered, how could an IV be poisonous? [...]
Baby it’s hot outside
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Crack open almost any health, fitness or lifestyles magazine this month and you’ll probably get advice on how to beat the heat. I think we all know to stay in the shade and drink plenty of water, and if those around us show symptoms of heat exhaustion or heat stroke we need to get some [...]
