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Recent publication of the results of the Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions (PEPI) Trial has led to the Woman's Health Initiative(WHI) to rethink the protocols for its own large trial.
It is unclear whether modified immunoglobulins are at least partially responsible for rheumatoid arthritis (pages 237–243) or only an effect of the disease.
ECT can be life-saving for patients with certain mental illnesses, such as severe depression, but that is no reason to allow ECT without informed consent. Nor is there general medical justification for the use of ECT on children, a practice in the United Kingdom that is out of control.
