Archive for September, 2009

Pausing for a laugh

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

If you want to read something funny trot over to the Ask the Doctor section on ACOG Pause site.  An 80 year old woman asks if she can use estrogen therapy to assist sex with her partner.  You would swear she said she was a virgin given the response.  If she knew enough to ask about estrogen, you'd think this patronizing male doctor... »

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D is for ?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Vitamin D is in the news as being a preventative for all kinds of things including osteoporosis, heart disease and even diabetes.  And now researchers from of the University of Michigan have reported that low levels of Vitamin D  prior to menopause (before age 45) are associated with an increased risk of elevated systolic blood pressure 15 years later.  "This is preliminary... »

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Hot Flash: Fat makes you hot …

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Fat may not make you feel attractive but according to the American Journal of Epidemiology it can contribute to hot flashes.  According to a new report from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, recent research has shown that women with higher body mass indexes and more body fat may actually suffer more hot flashes. Dr. Rebecca C. Thurston and her team followed... »

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HRT and Lung Cancer Risk

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

News is out from The Lancet that the link between HRT (as in estrogen/progestin) and lung cancer poses an unacceptable risk to women.  Sources such as the Guardian and  the Washington Post  report on new results from the WHI: after the 8 years total follow-up, more women died from lung cancer in the combined hormone therapy group than in the placebo group (73 vs 40... »

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Bone Fracture Risk: 50:50 >50

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal discusses the issue of Osteoporosis and the risks associated with the drugs prescribed to treat it.  Of the 80 Million women in the US suffer from Osteoporosis with another 30 odd million at risk due to low bone density. It's estimated that one half of women over age 50 will suffer an osteoporosis-related... »

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Study finds only physical functioning reduced during transition

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

A new study published in the September/October issue of Menopause, indicates that menopausal transition has relatively little effect on quality of life. Nancy E. Avis, Ph.D., from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., and colleagues examined health-related quality of life  (HRQL) at menopausal transition in 3,302 premenopausal or perimenopausal women who were 42 to 52 years of age. Over seven years,... »

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