Category Archives: HRTThe Secret History of the War on Cancer
By Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
Review by Leslie Botha, Holy Hormones Honey!
In a recent interview on CSPAN Davis stated, “For much of its history, the cancer war has been fighting the wrong battles, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies.”
The Secret History of the War on Cancer by […]
…and may limit effectiveness of these breast cancer detection methods
Women who take combined hormone therapy for about five years have a higher risk of abnormal mammograms and breast biopsies.
This, in turn, may decrease the effectiveness of these methods of detecting breast cancer, according to a new study published in the Feb. 25 issue of […]
…3 Years Later
Increased risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes and invasive breast cancer — and reduced risk for fractures and colorectal cancer — did not persist after women discontinued HT.
In the summer of 2002, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) randomized trial of estrogen plus progestin was stopped after the WHI writing group concluded that […]
The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Trial Team
Gerardo Heiss, MD; Robert Wallace, MD; Garnet L. Anderson, PhD; Aaron Aragaki, MS; Shirley A. A. Beresford, PhD; Robert Brzyski, MD; Rowan T. Chlebowski, MD; Margery Gass, MD; Andrea LaCroix, PhD; JoAnn E. Manson, MD; Ross L. Prentice, PhD; Jacques Rossouw, MD; Marcia L. Stefanick, PhD; for the […]
When I first read this report, I was reminded of that classic 50’s cigarette commercial that featured a lab-cloaked “DOCTOR” (Queue Heavenly Chorus) and asked,
”What cigarette do you smoke, Doctor?”
Hey if a Camel® is good enough Doctors, surely cigarette smoke is safe?
Right! Who would question a doctor back in the golden days of black […]
The latest in a series of health scares associated with Hormone Replacement Therapy
Women on hormone replacement therapy have a 20 per cent higher risk of dying from ovarian cancer, says a new report.
The research, from the authoritative Million Women study, suggests that as many as 1,000 women may have died from ovarian cancer between 1991 […]
“Pill Pimp” Market Strategy Targets Women At Every Stage Of Life
Once again, Leslie Botha has been proven to be an accurate soothsayer. In her radio program, on her website and in her seminars, Leslie has pointed out that, Big Pharma is mirroring the successful marketing strategies of the American Cigarette Industry — lure the […]
Nothing Changes, Unless SOMETHING Changes
I first read this report in late 2003. I feel the information is still relevant, particularly with the media-marketing buzz around the ‘convenience of menstrual suppression’ becoming more pervasive.
In one of her more cynical moments, my writing partner, Leslie Botha , stated, well since the Post-menopausal ’Wise Women’ have finally figured […]
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