Great article, gotbeer!

My SIL just turned 50 when she died from a massive heart attack. They found a large bottle of pepto bismol in her purse. She has 3 MDs for siblings and she never even thought to call any of them. It's something we never really think about.

One of the new theories is that iron loss through menstruation is suspected to give women the low risk of coronary heart disease, not estrogen. There's a great chapter in PPLP that discusses iron and health risk. It suggests that anyone with high serum ferritin donate blood.