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FDA Approves Wyeth Antidepressant

March 7, 2008 – 1:02 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Read This FDA Press Release to the Partridge Family Theme Song, “Come on Get Happy”
“Trav’lin’ along, here’s a song that we’re singing
Come on get happy
A whole lotta lovin’ is what we’ll be bringing
We’ll make you happy
We’ll make you happy
Come on get happy!”
Wyeth Gets Important FDA for “New” Antidepressant
Faced with the looming loss of patent protection [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Anti-Depressant Use, Big Pharma Watch, Woman’s Health | Comments (0)

FDA Fiddles

March 3, 2008 – 8:37 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

While Wyeth Wrings Profits From Womens BodiesHere’s some news that will make us all depressed - Wyeth has won FDA approval for its new antidepressant Pristiq. Yes, the same FDA who has just told us “bioidentical hormones” don’t exist, the [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, Bioidentical Hormones | Comments (0)

Endocrinologist Association Encourages HRT in Younger Women

January 9, 2008 – 12:16 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

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 [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, Follow The Money, HRT, HRT Side Effects | Comments (0)

HRT Linked With Ovarian Cancer

April 17, 2007 – 1:28 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

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 [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Breast Cancer, Endometrial Cancers., HRT, HRT Side Effects, Ovarian Cancer | Comments (0)

Iconic Women Share Words of Wisdom

June 6, 2005 – 11:35 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Gloria Graham
Gloria is a writer who has been researching and offering workshops on Menopause: A Women’s Rite of Passage for the past 5 years. A 53 year-old post-menopausal woman she has been running her workshops in New South Wales Australia and is open to invitations to other areas to carry on her work. Her [...]

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