Angelina Jolie and her choice of bio-identical hormone therapy

By JANE ALLIN A recent article in Health-TODAY.com – “Angelina Jolie’s ‘bio-identical’ therapy raises hormone questions” – challenges the safety of ‘bio-identical’ hormones versus conventional therapies including those of the Premarin family that contain conjugated equine estrogens (CEEs). The article tends to dwell on the compounded versions of these so-called ‘bioidentical’ hormones rather than FDA…

Horse Hides: The Myth of Pony Skins

By JENNY SHARP Many fashionistas will tell you that the whole ponyskin thing is just a myth. "It’s cowhide, dyed to look like a pony. It’s just cow. . . " In fact, they are usually right. Most cheap pony skin fashion items are indeed cowhide, dyed to make the product look more like it’s…