If you’re a woman going through menopause you may have chosen to go online for help. If so you may be the victim of a ‘femtech’ company. Wen Shen, a menopause expert at Johns Hopkins, explains. Shen: Basically they're there …

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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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An injectable drug called omalizumab now may be used to manage severe food allergies, the FDA has decided. Robert Wood, an allergy expert at Johns Hopkins, says the drug will only work if people are taking it. Wood: This is …

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Omalizumab is an injectable drug just approved by the FDA to treat severe food allergies. Robert Wood, one author of a study used to inform the agency’s decision and an allergy expert at Johns Hopkins, says risks discerned in the …

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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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Can food allergies be outgrown? Elizabeth Tracey reports Most people know about peanut allergy, since it impacts a lot of people, especially children. Can these allergies be outgrown? Robert Wood, an allergy expert at Johns Hopkins, says for most, that’s …

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