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alternative therapies but also physicians who were able to answer her questions about these treatments. She later successfully investigated a medical problem for her husband.
In this very informative article, Hart describes her journey on the Internet. She offers tips on how to successfully search for a wide range of health information and gives her "picks" for the best WWW sites and newsgroups.

Tate A. Second opinion. Internet World 1996 February: 42-44, 46, 48.

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And here's my article on Menopause from Internet World magazine of Feb 1996

MENOPAUSE AND BEYOND ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ONLINE

By Anne Hart

(reprinted with permission from Internet World Magazine, Second Opinion, Feb. 1996: 42-44, 46, 48.)

Alternative Resources Online for Menopause and Beyond

Through the Internet, you can obtain information your doctor hasn't got time to give you, and talk to people who share your problems.

I have found that doctors don't always have the time or breadth of knowledge to discuss alternative, customized solutions to my family's healthcare needs. That's why I turned to the Internet. After searching the Net for Web sites, support groups, or little-known health newsletters, I found dozens of physicians who offered to give me answers to my specific questions via e-mail.

Each member of my family required a different healthcare service and support group to address their particular problems. In my case, I am allergic to synthetic progestin, which eases the side effects of menopause. At the health-maintenance organization (HMO) to which I am a member, I asked my doctor for natural, yam-derived progesterone. He refused to prescribe it because he said it wasn't yet approved by the FDA, which left me with no alternatives to prevent osteoporosis, for which I'm at high risk. Instead I was put on hormone-replacement therapy, which involves taking oral estrogen. I believed that the oral estrogen was raising my blood pressure sky high. When I mentioned this to my doctor's nurse, she snapped, "Prove it."

So I set off on my journey to prove it. First I checked the alt.support.menopause newsgroup, which was extremely helpful. I posted the following question: Is anyone else using a high soy and vegetarian diet, the herb black cohosh, and natural, yam-derived, progesterone cream for menopause-to help prevent bone loss-instead of the usual estrogen and progestin? If so, what are your comments and experiences?

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