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Women may be experiencing overmedicalization as they transition through menopause, a recent Lancet series seems to suggest. Wen Shen, a menopause expert at Johns Hopkins, says that’s not her experience, since she sees many women who avoid physicians until symptoms …
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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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