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...women should not panic, especially if they are taking estrogen-progestin for just two or three years to obtain relief from the discomfort of hot flashes and mood swings that mark the onset of menopause. Indeed, this study bears out what most experts have long believed: that short-term use of hormones can confer substantial benefits while posing relatively few risks...
...encouraging development is the increasing number of options for preventing bone loss and heart disease. The American Heart Association, for example, recommends the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs as the front-line treatment of choice for women whose blood lipids remain high despite diet and exercise. Similarly, there are new drugs designed to combat bone loss, including estrogen look-alikes that appear to act as antigrowth factors in the breast. As new and better drugs become available, the case for long-term hormone replacement will weaken...
Power, I learn, has its price. If I forget to have my Sims use the toilet, they'll relieve themselves on the floor, leaving unsightly puddles. If they don't learn to cook, the stove will catch fire. Forget to buy a burglar alarm, and you may wake up without a couch--or a house...
When a press release doesn't work, other groups take to the streets. In Montreal last week, activists opposed to genetically engineered foods demonstrated outside a global biotech conference. In France last year, similarly inclined groups dumped apples and manure in front of many local McDonald's, protesting their use of genetically engineered beef and grain. And last week a radical group that calls itself the Earth Liberation Front took responsibility for setting fire to a biotech lab at Michigan State University on New Year...
...automatically weeds out a lot of women--if you get turned down for a date, you know it's because you're bald, and you don't take it so personally. Haircuts are half price, and endorsement possibilities are great with all the grow-hair products. Plus, people can use your head as a mirror...