Word: estrogen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...room and spent the night. The next morning he woke up very hung over, and she woke up possibly pregnant. Rather nonchalantly, but slightly nervously, she went to the Health Services and received the Morning After pill. For five days she took 50 grams of the artificial estrogen diethyl stilbestrol (DES) a day, was very nauseated, and felt ill the whole time. Yet, at the end of five days, she knew she wasn't pregnant. What she didn't know is that she was also very lucky. DES is a dangerous drug, which should not be sanctioned...
Doctors believe that the Pill's effect on clotting accounts for the increased incidence of thrombotic strokes. Why the Pill causes hemorrhagic strokes is less certain, but some doctors suspect that estrogen, a female hormone that is a prime ingredient of oral contraceptives, may aggravate hypertension...
...action is not unexpected. DES, an estrogen-like substance, has been used for years to prevent pregnancy in women who take it as long as 72 hours after intercourse; it has proved an effective "morning-after" pill in tests with 1,000 University of Michigan coeds (TIME, Nov. 8, 1971). The drug has also been prescribed during pregnancy to prevent miscarriage. But, used that way, it may be dangerous. Doctors have found a high incidence of vaginal cancers in the teen-age daughters of women who took the drug. The use of DBS as a growth hormone in cattle feeds...
...spite of such psychological hangups, there is an answer: sexless pets. While no experiments have yet been conducted with dogs and cats, the authors report that rats have been made asexual by testosterone and estrogen injections at birth. Sexless dogs and cats may be next. Pet owners can only hope that the new little sexless creatures will be warm and furry and loyal...
...little boy who lost his penis, the change began at 17 months with a girl's name and frilly clothes. An operation to make the child's genitals look more feminine was done, and plans were made to build a vagina and administer estrogen at a later age. The parents, counseled at the Johns Hopkins psychohormonal research unit, began to treat the child as if he were a girl. The effects of the parents' changed attitude and behavior were marked. "She doesn't like to be dirty," the mother told the clinic...