Now that I’ve read and digested a few of the stories about the recent drop in breast cancer, most likely due to women not taking HRT pushed on them for years by doctors for the symptoms of menopause, I have to say my take is slightly different than that of my fellow blogger P.J. Hamel.
Yes, it’s great news that the breast cancer rate has dropped. But my WOW is that it makes me really, really angry that for years women were strongly encouraged by their doctors to take such a potentially...
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