Word: menstrual
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Osteoporosis can be triggered in young women by disturbances in the menstrual cycle, according to a controversial report. -- Scientists make mice more like...
...same way, but a growing body of research shows that this is often not the case. Some preliminary studies on depression, for example, suggest that hormonal changes in many women may lead to a premenstrual deepening of depression. Further research on appropriate doses of antidepressants throughout the menstrual cycle is needed, says Dr. Jean Hamilton, a Washington-based neuropharmacologist, to determine if female patients are getting adequate medication...
...have women been excluded from so many studies? In the case of heart disease, some researchers argue that it is too difficult to find enough subjects with the condition, since it develops later in women. Also, the hormone changes of the menstrual cycle are thought to complicate research, raising costs. Perhaps most important, doctors are worried that if women enrolled in a clinical trial became pregnant, experimental drugs could endanger the fetus...
...baby oil can cause microscopic holes in a condom or a diaphragm in as little as 60 seconds and that this could lead to unwanted pregnancy, venereal disease or even AIDS. An alarming 49% did not know that a woman can get pregnant if she has sex during her menstrual period; 35% were unaware that a woman can get pregnant even if the man withdraws before ejaculating...
...current era of medical specialization, one rarely meets a man who can relieve headaches, whiplash, knee and ankle aches, tendonitis, toothaches, pre-menstrual syndrome and sunburn...