Breast feed! New research from the Women's Health Initiative study which has just been released shows breast feeding can reduce your post-menopausal risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol as well as heart attack and stroke. Just one month of breast feeding can reduce your chance of diabetes, HBP and high cholesterol. One year (not all at the same time) gets you... »
It was only a matter of time I guess before someone decided to see if the symptoms women experience as they transition thru menopause effects their work performance. As if women are not already discriminated enough in the workplace ... Do we really need studies like this Dutch one looking at "the impact of menopausal symptoms on work ability" that claims "Menopausal symptoms are negatively associated with work ability and may increase the risk of sickness absence"? I mean what were they thinking? That this is going to help women in the 40-60 age bracket obtain employment more easily? Or did they think this would... »