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Can you reduce your risk of breast cancer?
2008-11-12 17:55:00
The more you understand about any subject, the more interesting it becomes. As you read this article you'll find that the subject of cancer is certainly no exception.We hear it all the time?lose weight for your health. Few people however, realize the extent to which this is critical to their physical well-being and ultimately their life expectancy.In January 2003, the Journal of the American Medical Association featured a study finding that obesity appears to lessen life expectancy, especially among young adults.The researchers compared Body-Mass Index (BMI) to longevity and found a correlation between premature death and higher BMIs. For example, a 20-year-old white male, 5'10" weighing 288 pounds with a BMI of greater than 40 was estimated to lose 13 years of his life as a result of obesity.Jamie McManus, M.D., F.A.A.F.P. and author of "Your Personal Guide to Wellness" notes that while this study referenced extreme levels of obesity, there are still millions of overweight people...
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Skin Care in Menopause
2008-11-10 19:03:00
Skin becomes rough, thin and wrinkled with age. This process accelerates after menopause. Using skin care practices that help to soften, smooth and hydrate skin will counter a lot of these changes. Even better is to also build collagen with your skin care regimen.I am a 50 year old post menopausal dermatologist with a large medical practice. I have watched many of my female patients, and myself move through menopause. I see our skin change and it is a priority of mine to find effective skin care products to counter this. I’ve created skin care regimens that keep skin looking healthy and feeling smooth - with a youthful dewy luster. I give specific information on my new web site, http://www.otbskincare.com/. I explain what I recommend and why. For skin from the neck down, I like a strong glycolic acid moisturizer and physical exfoliation to polish and hydrate skin, and to get rid of those rough age spots that I call barnacles. Picking effective glycolic acid products is tricky. The...
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Homocysteine-Its Destructive Role in Cardiovascular, Cognitive and Bone Hea
2008-11-06 18:28:00
Homocysteine is one of the most destructive compounds found in the human body. Although oxidized LDL cholesterol (the “bad” cholesterol) is commonly considered the arteries’ worst enemy, homocysteine has emerged as an equally powerful threat to heart health. In fact, research now shows that damage from homocysteine paves the way for LDL to have an even more destructive effect on the vascular system, indicating these two agents can work together to cause heart disease. Furthermore, as time goes on, more and more research is uncovering homocysteine’s role in other health conditions such as infertility, depression, cognitive decline and bone fractures.Homocysteine is considered a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease including stroke and deep vein thrombosis.1 Elevated blood levels of homocysteine also are considered an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis and thromboembolism (the obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot), and are correlated with a significant ri...
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Scott Keppel: How to Avoid Weight Gain Post Menopause
2008-11-04 00:33:00
Whether you want it to happen or not, menopause is going to happen. I’m sure you have all heard horror stories from women that have gone through it and several of them stating how their body never went back to the way it used to be. How they gained weight and could not lose it. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. I’m here to inform you on how you can at least slow down the weight gain post menopause if not avoid it completely. You will see that there are several changes that do occur do to menopause that you can not control, but you will also see there are a number of which you can control. Sadly, many women do not get the ones they can change under control and the weight comes on. I suggest you become proactive rather than reactive and knowing you’re going to experience it prepare yourself so when it does occur you are as ready as you can be.Menopause , which most women experience in their 40’s-50’s (the average age for women in the Western region of the world is 51) is “The time in a wom...
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New Data Can Predict Menopause Within a Year
2008-11-03 19:17:00
Women who are sensitive to the ticking of their biological clock, especially those who choose to have children later in life, may soon be able to learn when menopause is likely to occur.Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered new information about hormonal biomarkers that can address the beginning of the menopause transition."In the end, this information can change the way we do business," said MaryFran Sowers, professor in the University of Michigan School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology. "The information provides a roadmap as to how fast women are progressing through the different elements of their reproductive life."Ms. Sowers led a research team that examined the naturally occurring changes in three different biomarkers over the reproductive life of more than 600 women: follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) and inhibin B.Read more here
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Male Menopause: What a Woman Can Do
2008-10-29 17:50:00
QUESTION: I found your article How Male Menopause Affects Families to be very interesting, and it truly describes my husband's mental state. I have tried to get him into counseling and on medication. He is destroying everything -- and everyone who cares about him. My question is, do I give him an ultimatum, or should I just nag him to death until he seeks help? After 27 years of marriage, I have just about given up on our relationship. It's very sad.ANSWER: Male menopause is very painful and confusing for men and women, and there is a tendency to blame ourselves or our partner. You need to recognize that this isn't your fault -- nor is it his.Men going through this difficult change of life often feel that the very core of their masculine identity is at risk. For many men, even acknowledging that there is such a thing as male menopause makes them feel even more vulnerable. As a result, most men will deny there is any problem at all, and it is often women who contact me first.Fortu...
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Irritable Male Syndrome, What you Need to Know about your Andropause Male
2008-10-24 18:22:00
Irritable Male Syndrome Stressed out? Grumpy? Moody? If you're a guy and these words describe your mental state, you may be suffering from "irritable male syndrome." If you're a woman who is living with a man who has turned from "nice" to "mean," you are suffering as well. I was recently interviewed by WebMD to explore this important area of health.Below is a portion of that interview, along with some Q&A. MD: Welcome to WebMD Live, Jed. Thank you for joining us today. What is irritable male syndrome? Is this a new problem or a newly recognized problem?JD: This is really based on 40 years of my own clinical research as well as responses from 50,000 men who have taken the IMS quiz. We've discovered why millions of men are becoming angry and depressed, and why they so often vent their frustration on the women they love the most. Irritable male syndrome (IMS) can be defined as a state of hypersensitivity, frustration, anxiety, and anger that occurs in males and is associated with...

What you need to know about Plastic Bottles
2008-10-22 18:12:00
Did you ever drink from a plastic bottle and see a triangle symbol on the bottom with a number inside? Do you know what the number stands for? Did you guess that it's just for recycling?Then you are WRONG !!!!!! THE NUMBER TELLS YOU THE CHEMICAL MAKE UP OF THE PLASTIC.....1) Polyethylene terephalate (PET)2) High density polyethylene (HDPE)3) Unplasticised polyvinyl chloride (UPVC) or Plastic ised polyvinyl chloride (PPVC)4) Low density polyethylene LDPE5) Polypropylene (PP)6) Polystyrene (PS) or Expandable polystyrene (EPS)7) Other, including nylon and acrylicWhat you aren't told is that many of the plastics used are toxic and the chemicals used to create a plastic can leach out of the plastic and into the food / drink. Think about it, how many times have you or a friend said 'I don't like this, it taste like the plastic bottle ..... 'THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE TASTING THE PLASTIC The WORST ONES are Nos: 3, 6, and 7 !!! DO NOT USE THESE NUMBERS if stated at the bottom of the bottle...
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Confusion Over Hormone Replacement Therapy
2008-10-17 19:39:00
Women are confused, and can you blame them? Ever since the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) has become an extremely controversial topic, especially since a lot of physicians themselves have a problem explaining the results.Dr. Judi Goldstone at Griffin Medical Group recently sat down and answered questions on the subject of bio-identical hormone replacement for women. Dr. Goldstone is an expert on the subject and these are comments to questions that were submitted to her blog.Dr. Goldstone is a board certified internal medicine specialist and Director of the Age Management program at Griffin Medical Group. Dr. Goldstone is also an active member of the American Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Question: What is the theory behind bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in menopausal women?Dr. Goldstone: When it comes to disease, conventional medicine will restore of low levels of thyroid, insulin and cortisol. This would be the standard...
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Natural Medicine: Balacing yin and yang to treat hot flashes
2008-10-13 19:00:00
Hot flashes are commonly experienced during menopause. They can begin as a momentary sensation of mild to intense warmth that spreads throughout the body. This often is followed by flushing of the skin, perspiration and finally a cold, clammy sensation. Hot flashes also can be preceded or accompanied by weakness, nausea, dizziness, faintness, headache, anxiety or rapid heartbeat. This experience can be difficult and uncomfortable, and often disrupts sleep at night.According to Western medicine, hot flashes primarily are caused by hormonal changes, particularly a decrease in estrogen. The drop in estrogen tricks the temperature center in the brain into thinking the body temperature is too high, so the body cools by venting heat and sweating.One form of treatment involves hormone replacement therapy, which presents unwanted risks and side effects.In contrast, traditional Chinese medicine attributes the cause of hot flashes to an imbalance of yin and yang, where yin is cooling and wate...
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THERE'S A RAY OF HOPE OUT OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL
2008-10-10 18:23:00
A resolution pending before Congress calls for the re-engineering of the nation's healthcare system with a focus on natural health and wellness.At the request of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP), R.I. Congressman Jim Langevin has introduced a resolution calling for the re-engineering of our healthcare system. The resolution contains the following compelling statement:"[T]here is a growing body of evidence that wellness programs that promote lifestyle changes can diminish the incidence and severity of chronic disease, provide a substantial return on investment, and reduce reliance on the conventional medical care system."The resolution also contains the following equally compelling mandate:"[T]he Federal Government has a responsibility to reengineer the Nation's healthcare system to allow for the provision of adequate healthcare for future generations."The resolution goes on to require that the re-engineering effort include a primary focus on wellness and ...
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Menopause Symptoms and Memory Loss
2008-05-27 21:40:00
While you may experience the misery of hot flashes and mood swings as you enter menopause, one thing you can't blame on the "change" is memory loss.In the latest study that exonerates menopause as a cause of impairing the ability to recall, Taiwanese researchers compared the memory of hundreds of women before they had any menopausal symptoms to their memory as they entered menopause.They found the women who were going through the menopausal process scored as well or nearly as well on five different cognitive function tests. Results of the study are to be presented Oct. 4 at the American Neurological Association annual meeting in Toronto."When women go into perimenopause, they don't need to worry about cognitive decline," said Dr. Jong-Ling Fuh, an attending physician at Taipei Veterans General Hospital and an associate professor of Yang-Ming University School of Medicine.The researchers said the myth of memory loss during menopause is a perception some women have because as they w...
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New treatment for Hot Flashes
2008-05-20 20:40:00
An anesthetic injection into a collection of nerves in the neck of breast cancer survivors may reduce the severity and frequency of debilitating hot flashes and night awakenings associated with breast cancer treatment, according to a new study published online today by The Lancet Oncology and appearing in its June issue.Check out this new information at the Everything Menopause June 2008 Newsletter
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Things to Know About Birth Control
2008-05-16 23:21:00
Birth Control -- abstinence - still the only 100% effective and proven birth control -- Barrier methods prevent the sperm from reaching the egg for fertilization- condom - diaphragm- cervical cap -- Intrauterine device (IUD) a small device that is inserted into the uterus by a health care provider that prevents a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus-- Hormonal methods release hormones into a woman’s body that interfere with fertility by preventing ovulation, fertilization, or implantation.- birth control pills- birth control patch- birth control injections (like Depo-Provera) - vaginal rings (like the advertised NuvaRing)-- sterilization by surgical procedure is often a choice some women make, also known as a tubiligation or "having your tubes done" -- male sterilization by surgical procedure, a vasectomy -- planning by following your ovlation cycle on the calendar and remaining abstitnent during ovulation times. This requires careful record keeping and knowing when ovula...
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Menopause: Feel like a natural woman
2008-02-02 01:12:00
Lucy Atkins visits the expert leading a new approach to the menopauseMidwife Zita West has made something of a name for herself among women seeking a more holistic approach to their reproductive health. Having seen Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett and Sophie, Countess of Wessex through pregnancy and birth, she also has a reputation for getting amazing results with couples who are undergoing IVF. Now, keen to see her growing number of devotees through the next life stage, she has launched a menopause programme.Read more
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In the Ongoing War of Menopause Treatments, Will Women Inevitably Lose?
2008-02-01 18:45:00
Since the Women ’s Health Initiative began in 1991, various discoveries about menopausal treatments have shocked and stunned menopause-age women. WHI started in 1991 to test the effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy on heart disease, breast, and colorectal cancer, among other things. Read more here
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Weight Gain Related To Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk
2007-10-26 00:57:00
  Weight Gain Related To Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk This finding was observed among women who did not take hormone therapy after menopause. Obesity is known to be a risk factor for developing breast cancer ...
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Treating menopause and osteoporosis without hormones
2007-10-23 20:34:00
  Treating menopause and osteoporosis without hormonesBy David Brinn October 21, 2007 The connection between menopause and osteoporosis is well-documented. At the onset of menopause, following the decrease of ...
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The HRT Dilemma
2007-10-23 20:30:00
  The HRT Dile mma Indeed, about 75 percent fewer women are taking hormones during menopause now, and a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that this ...

A cream to prevent menopause
2006-12-02 16:12:07
Ever since the Women's Health Initiative, a black cloud has hung over hormone replacement therapy. Now a Bellevue woman is behind a crusade to change that. Her premise: women in the study were taking the wrong hormones and the real goal should be to prevent menopause altogether. The last thing Beth Rosenshein expected to face in her early 40's was premature menopause. Read more
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Menopause game makes it all fun and no-sweat
2006-12-02 16:12:07
MENOPAUSE as entertainment has arrived. Now that the boomers are moving into midlife by the millions, it had to happen. Along with the menopause jokes making the e-mail rounds faster than you can say peri-menopause, there's an emerging market for such diversions as a stage show ? "Men opause the Musical," by Jeannie Linders ? and a series of novels by Nancy Thayer called "The Hot Flash Club" about a group of women "of a certain age." Read more here
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The biological changes that come with ageing
2006-12-02 16:12:07
"Health in the later years is an accumulated product of your life before," says geriatrician Dr Denise Eldemire Shearer. "Most of the illnesses in the later years are lifestyle-related and prevention is very important." Concurrent with physical ageing - which all woman looked at last week - is biological ageing which, combined with the physical, our heredity and lifestyle habits, governs the functions of the body's organs and systems as we grow older. The biological changes of ageing, Dr Eldemire Shearer continues, include: Read more here
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Myths associated with menopause
2006-12-02 16:12:07
These days women feel a lot freer to talk about menopause. But there's still a lot of confusion about what's fact and what's fiction. Turning 50? Don't sweat it it's the new 40. But for most women it signals a bio-logical change."Pure and simple ovaries poop out. Nothing fancy," says author and doctor Mary Jane Minkin as she talked about menopause to a room full of women. "I want women to be out there learning and saying hey I'm not alone."What's there to know? Plenty. And with that comes a lot of misinformation. For starters, hot flashes.Read more here
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Dr. Malloy: Bioidentical Hormones
2006-12-02 16:12:07
This week, the American Medical Association voted to ask the Food and Drug Administration to oversee and regulate the "bioidentical hormones" that Suzanne Somers refers to as the "Juice of Youth". In her best selling book, "Ageless: the Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones " she credits them with making her feel and look half her age and states that they reverse the aging process while keeping her healthy and sexually active. Let's look at the claims and the controversy. Read more here
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Natural Progesterone Cream Recommended for Relief from PMS a
2006-12-02 16:12:07
Duluth, GA, November 28, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Women who suffer from PMS, menopause, or Estrogen Dominance symptoms, or who have had a hysterectomy, or oopherectomy, can benefit from the use of natural progesterone cream says Jessie Garcia, owner of TheHealthyLivingShop.com. Natural progesterone is a cholesterol derivative and exactly matches the chemical formation of the body's progesterone, and therefore causes no side effects. Read more here
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Confusion abounds on how to treat the menopause
2006-12-02 16:12:07
The results in 2002 of a large U.S. study on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in many respects left women confused and alarmed about the treatment for the menopause.At that time the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study indicated that women taking Prempro, a popular combination of synthetic estrogen and progesterone, increased their risk of heart attacks and breast cancer, while decreasing the chance of colon cancer and bone fractures. It advised that postmenopausal women should not take hormones for disease prevention, as opposed to relief from menopausal symptoms, because the risks outweighed the benefits. Read more here
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Recent Controversy over Suzanne Somers is a Disservice to Wo
2006-12-02 16:12:07
Women to Women, one of the nation's leading providers of women's healthcare and medical information, spoke out today on the controversy surrounding Suzanne Somers' new book, Ageless, in which she advocates lifelong use of bioidentical hormones. Yarmouth, ME (PRWEB) November 21, 2006 -- Women to Women, one of the nation's leading providers of women's healthcare and medical information, spoke out today on the controversy surrounding Suzanne Somers' new book, Ageless, in which she advocates lifelong use of bioidentical hormones. But I feel another disservice is being done to women by the message the media attributes to Suzanne Somers. The message is that women at 60 should look and feel like a 20-year-old and that they can with a magic pill. Of course Ms. Somers looks wonderful and many women obviously wish they looked that good as well. Read the release here
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Cruising through menopause
2006-12-02 16:12:07
The Talk. It's a phrase that can put a genuinely ice cold fear into the hearts of parents of young adolescents around the globe. From the youthful perspective, it equates to the ephemeral fountain of youth - that ultimate knowledge containing all the world's deepest, darkest secrets. The thought of attaining this knowledge is the only thing (we think) we'll need to know about being an adult. We are so wrong. At 13 (yes, I certainly hope you 'talk' with your child sooner than that), all we care about is 1) how to be attractive to the opposite sex without being a dork and 2) getting rid of pimples and underarm perspiration. Read more here
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Hotflash! The Menopause Game is no sweat
2006-12-02 16:12:07
Men opause as entertainment has arrived. Now that the boomers are moving into midlife by the millions, it had to happen. Along with the menopause jokes making the e-mail rounds faster than you can say peri-menopause, there's an emerging market for such diversions as a stage show --"Menopause the Musical," by Jeannie Linders -- and a series of novels by Nancy Thayer called "The Hot Flash Club" about a group of women "of a certain age." Read more
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Is it really a midlife crisis?
2006-12-02 16:12:07
With the aging of the baby boom generation, about 2 million U.S. women a year are now entering menopause, which signals the end of their reproductive life. That's about 180,000 women a month, or about 6,000 a day. The shutdown of all those ovaries leads to some major hormonal shifts that have been blamed for everything from dry skin to mental illness. (It also leads to a multibillion-dollar trade in prescription medications, over-the-counter remedies, how-to publications, designer fans and lines of loose-fitting or perspiration-wicking clothing, among other commodities.) Read more here
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