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Profiles in Medicine

KILL THE BUG but save your life

CONTRARY TO common talk around town, a clear link between breast cancer risk and exposure to environmental pollutants, such as the pesticide DDE (chemically related to DDT), has not been made by available medical research. The American Cancer Society...

The contraceptive injection

DEPO PROVERA is a family planning injection that protects women from becoming pregnant. It is given in a muscle, usually in the buttocks or arm, every three months or 90 days. Do not massage the area where you received the injection.