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...case: Ashley is a brain-damaged girl whose parents feared that as she got bigger, it would be much harder to care for her; so they set out to keep her small. Through high-dose estrogen treatment over the past two years, her growth plates were closed and her prospective height reduced by about 13 inches, to 4'5". "Ashley's smaller and lighter size," her parents write on their blog "makes it more possible to include her in the typical family life and activities that provide her with needed comfort, closeness, security and love: meal time, car trips, touch...
...over their apprehensions and start talking about the problem, they must then start fixing it. And believe it or not, it’s not that hard. All it takes is a group of girls getting together and saying, “Hey, our organization could use a little estrogen in its leadership. Have you all thought about running for something?” Minus the estrogen bit, men have the exact same conversations all the time. Women simply need to get together and support and encourage one another. The rest will fall into place...
...focus on BPA is new. Its use is widespread--it's found in dental sealants and the epoxy linings on food cans as well as in baby bottles. Studies in animals over the past five years have found that the substance, which mimics the human hormone estrogen, alters brain structure and chemistry as well as the immune system and reproductive organs. Some of these effects show up at extremely low doses, in some cases 2,000 times below the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) safety guideline, according to Frederick vom Saal, a University of Missouri endocrinologist. Chemical companies say the findings...
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Things goteven moreconfusing for women considering hormone-replacement therapy. Studies had shown that a combination of estrogen and progesterone increased the risk of breast cancer, heart attack, stroke and blood clots. A new study found that estrogen-only treatments appear safer, with no increase in breast-cancer risk but some increased risk of stroke or clots. A later study found a breast-cancer risk from estrogen therapy, however, among some postmenopausal women. If you must have hormone therapy, get it in small doses for short periods...