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From: werner@aecom.YU.EDU (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med
Subject: Re: clarification on gynecomastia
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Date: 25 Feb 88 04:51:51 GMT
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In article <20139@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes:
> 
	Just a clarification.  At one point I referred to gynecomastia (the
development of breast tissue in the male) as "indicative of a disease state."
What I meant to convey was that usually when a doctor encounters a man
who is actively lactating, the main concern expressed to the doctor is
that the man wants you to stop it.  Furthermore, there are quite a
few nasty diseases, tumors, and conditions, for which this is a symptom.
If the La Leche League wants to call it a joyous event, well, then maybe
we should let them after all.
-- 
	        Craig Werner   (future MD/PhD, 3.5 years down, 3.5 to go)
	     werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
              (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
            "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day."