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A recent Lancet series on menopause may result in many more women turning to the internet for help. That’s according to Wen Shen, a menopause expert at Johns Hopkins, who fears the series may have set back progress on bringing …
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As women transition through menopause, they should be offered conservative approaches that don’t rely on medicines. That’s one interpretation of a recent Lancet series on menopause, and Wen Shen, a menopause expert at Johns Hopkins, says while such an approach …
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Is menopause overmedicalized? That seems to be one conclusion of a recent series published in the Lancet on this life stage for women. Wen Shen, a menopause expert at Johns Hopkins, begs to disagree. Shen: It's unfortunate that they came …
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Consequences of food allergies can be life-threatening, which is why FDA approval of omalizumab to treat them is welcome. Robert Wood, one author of a study used to inform the agency’s decision and an allergy expert at Johns Hopkins, says …
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Feeding very young children peanut products can assure that they don’t develop an allergy to peanut. Can this strategy be expanded to allergies to foods like milk, meat, or egg? Johns Hopkins allergy expert Robert Wood comments. Wood: There’s an enormous …
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