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Although both sexes normally secrete some female hormones (estrogens) from birth until death, by far the heaviest output is among women who are old enough to bear children. From early teens to the early 50s, women have a negligible incidence of heart attacks as compared with men. After the menopause, a woman's immunity gradually fades until, about the age of 75, she is statistically as susceptible to heart attacks as a man. If it is indeed the estrogens that confer middle-life immunity, can it be prolonged by taking estrogen tablets-and can men get this benefit without...
...many over 70) who had had one or more heart attacks-in nearly every case a coronary occlusion. She divided them into two equal groups, matched as precisely as possible for age and severity of symptoms. One-half got a small daily dose (ten-millionths of a gram) of estrogen, the rest got none. After three years, more than twice as many in the nonestrogen group had died-virtually all from fresh heart attacks or general worsening of the disease...
...have a proper hormone balance, the body burns up its own protein. We lose carbohydrates, fat and minerals as well. Even brain tissue is absorbed. We found that old people suffered this loss even if they were eating properly. Then we found out why-they lacked androgens and estrogens. Without a proper androgen-estrogen balance, proteins are spilled over and lost...
Their conclusion: what has seemed to be a single type of cancer is really two. One form can be treated best by removing the sources of female hormones (ovaries and sometimes adrenals) and perhaps by giving male hormones; the second requires the opposite treatment-leaving the estrogen sources intact, perhaps even giving extra estrogens and cortisone. To type a patient's cancer and decide whether the ovaries should be removed, the doctors have only to trace her pattern of calcium excretion through a single menstrual cycle...
...last week, thought that methylene blue might also be a big help to high-altitude flyers. ¶Announced: two promising new treatments for cancer of the prostate, which kills some 22,000 Americans annually. Yale's Dr. Clyde L. Deming reported that massive doses of the female hormone estrogen (instead of the small doses previously used) help four cases out of five and often prolong life. At the University of Chicago, three researchers found that a drug called ethyl carbamate is also effective; it relieves pain, reduces the size of the cancer. But unless cautiously given, the drug...