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Allow me to go a bit off the topic of heart disease for a brief, but important, digression. I feel rather strongly about this. And, while... Read more »
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Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT) is therapy to replace estrogen no longer made by a woman's body because she is post-menopausal or her ovaries have... Read more »
by David Stanley In scientific terms, it was a seismic shift that most pharmacists and doctors had never seen. The effectiveness and safety of... Read more »
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