Health Watch List of Articles

Vol 4, Issue 1

• Will Wyeth Bully You Out of Your Estriol Cream?
• Whole Fat Dairy Products a Good Source of Hormones
• Inositol, PCOS and Fertility
• Research on Progesterone and the Heart
• More Reasons to Avoid Fake Fragrances
• Seriously Simple Solution for Foot Pain
• The Truth About Cholesterol and Statins

Vol 3, Issue 8

• In Chinese medicine we’re encouraged to eat warming foods during the fall.
• Five Favorite Fall Foods: Colorful and Warming
• How Much Vitamin D to Take?
• Curaderm BEC5 for Skin Cancers
• The Moss Reports: Where to go for reliable info on cancer.
• Dear Pharmacist: Suzy Cohen, R.Ph. is a pharmacist and an entertaining character.
• Death by Supermarket: Nancy Deville's latest book is a great read.
• Environmental Working Group (EWG): An improved and expanded site.
• A Humongous Progesterone Paper: Heaven is 830 References
• Are You Overdue for A Hormone Level Test?

Vol 3, Issue 7

• Simple Summer Salad Recipe
• Histamine, the Iliocecal Valve and Allergies
• Book Review: The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, M.D.
• Be Aware: Are Sugar Alcohols Giving you Gas?
• Are Your Children Getting Lead Poisoining from Colorful Cartoon Plates and Glasses?
• Newly Posted Article: Routine Mammograms--Should We or Shouldn't We? by John R. Lee, M.D.

Vol 3, Issue 6

• Great News for Women with Fibroids
• Premenstrual Migraines
• Top Five Healthiest Foods
• YIKES! There's a Progestin in my IUD!
• Men with Low Testosterone Die Sooner
• Summer Health Tip about Kidney Stones
• Alli and Summer Whites don't Mix

Vol 3, Issue 5

• Say Good-bye to Painful Menstrual Cramps by C.W. Randolph, M.D.
• Just Say No to Prescription Drugs
• Case in Point: Avandia
• Resources for Managing Diabetes Naturally
• Lybrel Stops Periods Indefinitely—the Next Big Experiment on Women
• Iron for Restless Legs

Volume 3, Issue 4

• Don't Cry Wolf Every Time the FDA Releases a Document that Mentions Vitamins
• Bone Density and Progesterone Cream Study
• Using Progesterone Cream with Birth Control Pills and Patches
• What's a Woman to do about Birth Control?
• Buyer be Aware: Yogurt Smoothie vs. Snickers Bar

Volume 3, Issue 3

• The Media and Fear, Worry and Anxiety in America.
• Dr. Christiane Northrup is Back with More Good Advice
• Health Risks Can be Skin Deep: If it's on your skin it could be in your bloodstream
• Avoid Bisphenol-A During Pregnancy:
• Black Cohosh and Hot Flashes: Does it help or doesn't it?
• Progesterone News: Progesterone vs. Progestins—Two Studies Research Progestins in Monkeys and Humans

Volume 3, Issue 2

• DCA and Cancer: Wonder Drug or False Hope?
• When Good Vitamins are Bad: Could your vitamins be hurting more than helping?
• More Drugs that Can Cause Osteoporosis: Add Antidepressants and Acid-blockers
• rotect Your Brain From Damage During Surgery

Volume 3 Issue 1

• Ageless by Suzanne Somers: A very brief review.
• Breast Cancer Rates Drop Dramatically: Women kick the PremPro habit and live to tell the tale.
• A Beautiful Paper on Breast Cancer: This is the paper to take to your doubting doctor.
• This is Your Brain on Progesterone: More Evidence for Using Progesterone Following a Brain Injury
• Progesterone Protects the Brain, Progestins Do Not
• Estradiol Helps the Brain in the Right Dose

Vol 2, Issue 1

• Relacore and Cortislim: Are they for Real?
• New Research Implicates Statin Drug in Poor Brain Function
• Widely Touted Birth Control Pill Study was Bogus
• The Best of John R. Lee, M.D.: Letter to a Patient: Resolving the Underlying Causes of a Stroke
• Helene Leonetti, M.D. is Recruting Older Women for a Study on Progesterone and Bone Density
• Kenna Stephenson, M.D. is Recruiting Women to Participate in Research on Natural Hormones

Vol 1, Issue 6

• An Excellent New Study on Progesterone Cream
• PCCA Conference Give the Latest Scoop on Using natural hormones, thyroid, adrenal fatigue and more…
• Flu Shot Redux
• The Best of John R. Lee, M.D.
• Will it Ever be the Season for Seasonale?

Vol 1, Issue 5

• Metabolic Syndrome: The Disease of the New Millenium
• Green Tea is a Health Habit to Get Into
• The Best of John R. Lee, M.D.
• Old and New Breast Cancer Research of Interest
• Three Tips for Safer Use of Prescription Drugs

Vol 1, Issue 4

• Estrogen Pill vs. Estrogen Cream or Patch—Which Works Best?
• Why You Don’t want the Pesticide Atrazine in your Water
• A New Progesterone Cream Study: Is it the Good News or the Bad News?
• Chocolate Research Concerns
• It’s Fly Season at the OK Corral

Vol 1, Issue 3

• Dark Chocolate is Good for Your Heart
• New Research Shows Strontium Supplements Build Bone
• By Robert Gottesman, M.D.
• Male Breast Cancer is on the Rise
• Yet Another Good Reason to Eat Soy Products in Moderation
• The Best of John R. Lee, M.D.
• Reprinted from the John R. Lee, M.D. Medical Letter
• Pap Smears Revert to Normal with the Right Treatment

Vol 1, Issue 2

• New Findings on Breast Cancer Risk
• Theanine is the Latest Natural Relaxant
• Hormone Levels in Women with Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia
• The Best of John R. Lee, M.D.: Excerpted from the March 2003 issue of the John R. Lee, M.D. Medical Letter, p. 3
• Book review of The Sexy Years by Suzanne Somers, a book about natural, bioidentical hormone replacement.

Vol 1, Issue 1

• The Best of John R. Lee, M.D.: Goofy Science—More often than one might think, good money is spent on bad science.
• What Causes Bone Loss in Young Women
• Eating for Prostate Health