from Private Eye, circa 1990Should we prescribe oestrogen for young males aged 15 to 24?
Their mortality rate is 3 times the rate for females in the same age group
A lot of this excess mortality is due to accidents caused by the daft things young men do when fuelled by too much testosterone
So calm them down with HRT
If this is a silly solution to a silly question - why is that so? How does it differ from much of the health advice with which we are daily bombarded?
Bird needing hormone replacement (7) - Times cryptic crossword clue
