Word: stroke
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...turned everything that doctors and patients had believed about the benefits of hormone therapy on its head. The federally funded trial revealed that estrogen and progestin after menopause did not protect women against heart disease, as doctors had previously thought, but in fact increased their risk of heart attack, stroke and breast cancer. After years of recommending the therapy for women well past menopause, doctors then pulled back, prescribing it only for women having the hardest time with menopausal symptoms of hot flashes and night sweats...
...Those include the risk of blood clots, stroke and, over a long enough period of time, breast cancer. It's all about balance, and weighing benefits and risks responsibly, says Manson. For women who suffer from the most intense symptoms of menopause, hormone therapy may be worth the slightly increased risk of these conditions, provided that they don't stay on the hormones for more than five years or so. Last April, another study from the WHI supported just this sort of judicious use. That study found that women who began estrogen and progestin, the most commonly prescribed combination (progestinis...
...pretty unfortunate way to end our season in America, and didn’t really reflect the atmosphere of the team this year,” varsity stroke George Kitovitz said. “It’s been such a great season, and we’ve got so many great guys, it just didn’t happen...
...McLaughlin, the first event of the fall, in which the team finished in 12th place, Mayer’s three-under 67 would prove to be the team’s lowest score of the season. At the Yale Invitational, the first spring event, Harvard held a two-stroke lead after round one but fell to sixth place overall after posting a combined score of 312 on the second day. The round-two struggles revealed a frustrating inconsistency, but even establishing the opportunity to win represents significant progress for the upstart Crimson. “For the last couple...
...Varsity stroke George Kitovitz agreed that there was a perceptible change in attitude...