Women’s health testing: a guide for you

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References and further reading

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² Pacific Chiropractic and Research Center. 2006. What is breast thermography? URL: http://www.breastthermography.com/breast_thermography_mf.htm (accessed 12.15.2008).

³ Hays, B. 2005. Chapter 19. Hormonal imbalances: Female hormones: The dance of the hormones. Pt. I. In Textbook of Functional Medicine, ed. D. Jones & S. Quinn, 218–219. Gig Harbor, WA: Institute for Functional Medicine.

⁴ Lab Tests Online. 2007. TSH. URL: http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/tsh/sample.html (accessed 09.19.2008)

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   See also: http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/107/3/499#TBL4.

⁸ Ridker, P., et al. 2008. Rosuvastatin to prevent vascular events in men and women with elevated C-reactive protein. NEJM [Epub ahead of print.] URL (abstract): http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/NEJMoa0807646v1 (accessed 11.09.2008).

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¹¹ Brown, S. 2004. Bone resorption tests. URL: http://www.betterbones.com/bonehealth/bonemineraldensitytests.aspx (accessed 09.26.2008).

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²¹ Becker, D., et al. 2008. Simvastatin vs. therapeutic lifestyle changes and supplements: Randomized primary prevention trial. Mayo Clin. Proc., 83 (7), 758–764. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18613992 (accessed 10.28.2008).

&  Aubrey, A. 2008. Study: Red rice yeast helps cut bad cholesterol. URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92103272 (accessed 10.28.2008).

²² Einstein, A. 1941. Science, Philosophy and Religion: A Symposium. NY: Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life.

 

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