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... »
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Pfizer Must Pay $45M in Prempro Case
A state appeals court in Pennsylvania has sided with two women who filed suit against drugmaker Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) claiming that the company’s Prempro menopause drug caused their breast cancers. The award of $45 million will be split between the two complainants. Pfizer has set aside $840 million to pay claims against Prempro, which was linked to breast cancer in... »
Supplements are not always good for you .. but they are not always bad either
The Archives of Internal Medicine reports on a study on the use of dietary supplements concluding that not all supplements are good for you. Researchers used data from the Iowa Women's Health Study which followed a group of women with a mean age of 61.6 for a period of 20 years starting 1986. They concluded: In older women, several commonly used dietary... »
Bioidentical Estradiol better for memory loss
Researchers at Stanford add to the volume of evidence that bio-identical hormones are not only better for you but that conjugated equine estrogen (CEE), estrogen from pregnant mares used in products such as Premarin and PremPro, can be actually bad for you. The study involved 68 women who had reached menopause and were taking hormone replacement for at least one year.... »
Turning back the clock on menopause
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... »
CoQ10 can renew eggs?
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 does not increase heart risk
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... »
Is it losing weight or increasing exercise that reduces hot flashes?
Claims are that anywhere between 75-80% of women experience hot flashes with research indicating that overweight women experience more intense and more frequent hot flashes than their thinner counterparts. In a recent study on incontinence and obesity, researchers noticed that losing weight could help lessen the frequency and intensity of hot flashes. And of course the headlines followed with "lose weight" messages to... »
High Testosterone May Worsen Depression During Menopause
PsychCentral reports on new research from the University of Pittsburgh that indicates that higher levels of testosterone is associated with increased levels of depression in menopausal women. "During menopause women are three times more likely than the general population to be diagnosed, and even more so if they have a history of depression. Women during menopause are more likely to commit... »
Progesterone alone may help Hot Flashes
WebMD reports on a study announced at the Endocrine Society meeting this month. It looked at a group of 114 postmenopausal women who had hot flashes and night sweats. Half were put on micronized oral progesterone while the other had a placebo. The women taking Prometrium had a 56% decrease in their score, and the women taking the placebo had a... »
Menopause before 46 doubles risk of heart disease
Reuters reports on an observational study of 2000 post-menopausal women aged 44-80 that showed 24% of them had gone through "early" menopause. While none of the 2000 has serious heart events prior to the age of 55, after that age, the early group were twice as likely... »