Can we really turn back the biological clock?  And do we really want to do so?  Or is being able to delay menopause just going to add more complexity to the decision about if and when to have a child?  Just as the availability of the pill and abortion did.  Talk about blessings and the curse! Do women really want to... »

Medscape report that scientists now claim that menopause might be "preventable". According to Dr. Jonathon Tilly's keynote address to North American Menopause Society (NAMS) 22nd Annual Meeting entitled"Ovarian Aging: Can Science Turn Back the Clock?", the concept of the biological clock in which a woman's egg supply becomes depleted over time might be reversible. Based on experiments with mice, he suggests... »

According to the Montreal Gazette, Canadian scientists are working on a way to make older human eggs young again. Researchers have used co-enzyme Q10 to make "older" mice produce not only more eggs but also healthier eggs. They believe that if CoQ10 can have the same effect on humans then women seeking fertility treatment will not only produce embyros with less... »

Menopause is big business.  In the USA, the market is huge and growing every day.   There are books coming out all the time with doctors "explaining" it to women like it is something they invented and we know nothing about -  to the extent they tell us what to call it.  Our mothers called it "change of life" which is pretty much what... »

The British Medical Journal has just released a study that shows it is aging and not menopause per se that increases a woman's risk of heart disease.  Their report states: What is already known on this topic Although heart disease mortality increases with age, it is lower in women than in men It has been suggested that this protective effect is due to female... »

Here I am 52 and I am still waiting for the menopause fairy.  Honestly just when is she going to turn up?  I know she is here somewhere but I can't see her.  I want to blame her for being irritable but I think it is just life and not menopause at all. Just as we have discovered with heart problems! You... »