Archive for June, 2007

Jun 21 2007

Middle Age Women and Strokes

Published by barbara under Stroke

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Researchers at UCLA found that women between ages 45-54 were nearly 2.5 times more likely to suffer a stroke than men of the same age.

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Jun 10 2007

Quit Smoking!

Published by barbara under General Health


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Jun 01 2007

Avandia, Diabetes and Heart Attacks…Oh My!

Chances are if you or a love one take Avandia, you have heard this news. It seems that many of my patients heard this news before I did and called in a panic wanting to stop their medication. It reminded me  of when the Women’s Health Initiative came out saying that Estrogens were dangerous. Women around the country immediately stopped their HRT (and had all sorts of side effects from the abrupt cessation of estrogen).

While no medication is free from potential side effects, let’s stop for a moment and breathe. Let’s look at what we have.

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