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An abstract of the study is available online. Most Women Unaware of WHI Results, Survey Says
Most women are unaware of the results from WHI studies that have found significant health risks associated with long-term hormone replacement therapy, according to a recently released survey, HealthDay/Washington Post reports (Doheny, HealthDay/Washington Post, 10/10).
NIH researchers in July 2002 ended the WHI study on combination HRT three years early because they determined that the treatment might increase the risk for heart disease, invasive breast cancer and other health problems. A later WHI analysis, published in the April 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that HRT use among women in their 50s does not increase their risk for heart attack (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 9/17).
Breast cancer
Oral Contraception. Studies have been conflicting about whether estrogen in oral contraception increases the chances for breast cancer. A 2002 study supported an earlier major study, with both finding no evidence that OC use increases the risk for breast cancer, even in women who have taken them for 15 years of more or had taken them at young ages. In contrast, other studies have reported a higher risk in women who are current or recent users and in women who take them for more than four years before a first full-term pregnancy. Still, the risk for women taking OCs around menopause is unclear. Earlier research found a higher risk in women who used earlier forms of the pill containing high-dose estrogens and progestins (before 1975) and who had a family history of breast cancer. Hormone Replacement Therapy.
The Jena-6: Incendiary Visions of "The Other America"
It was an annual news worthy event for Tuskegee Institute to report in its journal headlines that 1952 was the first year of NO LYNCHING's in 71 Years in the USA! Every year from 1881 to 1952 there was at least one lynching in the United States of America. 'NEW NOOSES' THAT MUST BE EXPOSED AND DESTROYED From local to national leaders there has been little outcry or demand to continue marches and mass demonstrations in JENA, or the use of any other organizational Civil Rights or anti-hate crime strategy. Louisiana may not have any 'hate crime' statutes, but the Federal Government certainly does. Where is the Justice Department in the JENA-6 scenario? It has remained conspicuously silent! There should have been an immediate investigation as soon as the nooses were hung & the D.A.
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