Wide variety of issues from listeners: hormone biochemistry to helping a loved one dying of cancer




KUSP's Ask Doctor Dawn show

Summary: Warning about Townsend farms frozen berries contaminated with hepatitis A; MRI reveals that breast feeding speeds up brain cell development and other brain skills later; DHEA works to reduce vaginal dryness for a regular listener to the show; Regulations about medical-related patents differs widely in different countries; Suggestions for treating clothing to inhibit mosquito bites when traveling; Getting off antidepressants such as Effexor must be done very slowly to avoid strange side effects; Should a healthy post-menopausal woman who hasn't had a heart attack take a statin? More about DHEA and the complex pathways that produce estrogen, testosterone and other hormones; Post menopause hormone changes can cause thickening of the skin on hands and feet; Botox can help a slow blinking disorder, benign blepharospasm; News of the weird: Toxoplasmosis in cats and trapping malaria-carrying mosquitoes with human foot order! Freezing sperm and eggs when you are young will reduce the risks of genetic defects when having children later in life; Advice for a caller dealing with a friend dying of cancer