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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Add a slice of ovary to your order of frozen eggs
Many women incur surgical menopause due to cancer treatment. But it seems that is no longer a closed door to motherhood. A 34 year old woman was able to conceive via IVF after having an "ovarian transplant". Prior to her cancer treatment she had a slice of her ovary removed and then replaced once she got the cancer all clear. ... »
Not only is Mel going thru menopause so might your career
While it is amusing, and to many somewhat revealing, that Mel Gibson refers to he curretn mental state as going through "male menopause", it seems that not only men are getting on the menopause bandwagon. According to Bronwyn Fryer over at Harvard Business Review, careers are going thru the change too. Since when did menopause become a pseudonym for "burnt... »
Menopause can kill …
A news site in the UK reports that shopping trip ended in horror when a woman battling depression brought on by the menopause jumped to her death from the fifth floor of a car park, an inquest heard yesterday. She was undergoing medication at the time of her death and seemed to be getting better. The coronor returned a verdict that the... »
World Menopause Day … WHO cares?
Started by the IMS and WHO (who?) to create "awareness about one of the most difficult times in a women’s life ". I don't know about you but I can't wait for World Puberty Day, World Lost Your Virginity Day and World Death Day. Not to mention World First Wet Dream Day, World Premature Ejaculation Day and World Could Not Get It Up... »
If I want to be grumpy I will be …
Another fit and fabulous at 50 article this time from dear old Oz trying to debunk the myth that menopause means thrown on the reject pile. Since when is turning 50 equivalent to menopause anyway? And why do we need all the pep talks about how wonderful either or both events are? Who are we trying to convince? Ourselves (we already know what... »
For the term of your natural life
In their article "Women can stay healthy even after menopause!" (who knew?), the HealthAge lead with the news that menopause is " associated with the permanent end of ... the natural part of woman's life. So I guess that makes us healthy albeit unnatural. But surely not dead,... »
Pausing for a laugh
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... »
Menopause, death and taxes money
The news is out that the Spanish woman who gave birth to twins at 66 by "reversing menopause" has died at 69 possibly from stomach cancer. Given her mother died at 101, she naturally had high expectations of a long life and certainly still being around when her children left home. But she was wrong about that. Mothers can die at... »