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Advanced Directives from the VT Ethics Network
Recurrent Vaginal Yeast Infections
The Women's Health Initiative study showed that postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, pulmonary embolism and breast cancer. Another study, the HERS study, looked at quality-of- life issues and found that postmenopausal hormone therapy improves quality of life only for women with bothersome vasomotor flushing, even in older women who continue to have vasomotor symptoms that interfere with their lives. For an overview see: Hormone Replacement for the New Millennium discussing perimenopause, hormone replacement for vasomotor symptoms, alternatives to hormone replacement, issues of libido and use of androgens, and osteoporosis
dablŽEducational Trust If you wish to monitor your own blood pressure, consult this site about to go about it and which monitor to buy. It contains "information about blood pressure measurement, the devices used to measure blood pressure, along with their accuracy and suitability for measurement in clinical settings, the home and hypertension research"Peripheral Arterial Disease: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Deer Ticks & Dog Ticks --which one causes Lyme Disease?
Head Lice - the last word on transmission, diagnosis and treatment of head lice. Fact sheet published by the Center for Disease Control
Shots for Tots: US Immunization Schedule
Efficacy and Safety of Commonly Used Childhood Vaccine
Melanoma, the skin cancer that kills
Drug Resistant Bacteria on the Rise reprinted from New York Times Dec 28,2000
Diagnosis and Treatment of Scabies
