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When you are using the 14th floor computers, at the hallway ends, you can get back here easily by using Favorites. Open Favorites, then Links. At the bottom of that folder you will see iPosted It...Medicine. Click that and you will come here.
7:37:16 PM
Man with diarrhea and abdominal pain
You may have heard part of this story. More on Wednesday.
7:26:28 PM
Menopause, Estrogen and Progesterone
Here is the NIH discussion on the stopping of a component of the Womens Health Initiative trial due to increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke and pulmonary embolism.
"Absolute excess risks per 10,000 person-years attributable to estrogen plus progestin were 7 more CHD events, 8 more strokes, 8 more PEs, and 8 more invasive breast cancers, while absolute risk reductions per 10,000 person-years were 6 fewer colorectal cancers and 5 fewer hip fractures. The absolute excess risk of events included in the global index was 19 per 10,000 person-years."
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