Reuter's announce "Weight gain during menopause tied to brain changes" . You'd be excused for thinking that it is the brain changes that cause weight gain rather than vice versa. But the new results from the Pittsburgh Healthy Women Study reported in Psychosomatic Medicine is merely observing that a small subset of women studied, in fact 18 overweight but otherwise healthy women, showed a... »
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... »