尽管数十年来这种疾病都是开雌性激素的药，但是直到20世纪90年代，研究表明雌素疗法实际上增加患心脏病的风险。

And while estrogen was prescribed for decades for these problems, by the late 1990s studies were showing the hormone therapy might actually increase the risk of heart attacks.

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传统医生用它们注射自己熬制的药，而这很快成了社会地位的象征。乌干达上个世纪60年代的一份调查显示80%的家庭都有一支注射器。

Traditional healers adopted them for injecting their decoctions, and they became status symbols; a study in Uganda in the 1960s found that 80 percent of families owned one.

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