An Italian women has fallen pregnant at 54 without any help,  except from her husband of course, and doctors are proclaiming the event as nothing short of "exceptional".   Certainly it is exceptional in as much as most women around her age would be trying to avoid becoming pregnant if they have not gone thru menopause but the real implication here is that... »

The contraceptive pill has its 50th birthday on 9 May which happened to be Mother's Day. Newsweek published some little known facts about it. One other little known fact is that it can be used as a form of hormone replacement therapy during... »

The US Office of Women has declared today be dedicated to encouraging women to visit health care professionals to receive or schedule a checkup and promoting regular checkups as vital to the early detection many health conditions. Use the interactive screening chart and immunization tool to learn what screenings and immunizations you... »

Reuters report on a Canadian study that found "Walking for 45 minutes a few times a week may help women in the "battle of the bulge" that often accompanies menopause, and at the same time improve overall well being" The study compared two groups of women: perimenopausal and post menopausal over a 16 weeks predio walking 45 minues a day every second... »

If you have not heard about Menopausegate yet but it's all about a Saudi cleric who mixed with unveiled women at a Kuwait conference on International Women's Day and defended his action saying "because the women were menopausal, he was not violating Islamic law" .  But apparently Islamic law, which covers menopause, says "a woman must be post-menopausal, no longer interested in men... »

Not all women experience the (same) symptoms of menopause but we all go thru it. Obvious evidence being the cessation of periods. To now claim that the male equivalent exists and then say not all men will go thru it simply because not all men experience the (same) symptoms does not sound like a statement based on fact.  More research needs to be... »