Academic? Scientist? Close. She is the lead author on a research paper which basically claims that as women age they get more and more desperate to have a baby until they hit menopause of course when they have to give up. Interpreting the survey questions, their desperation is evidenced by increasing sexual fantasies and willingness to engage in sex with virtual strangers they have no intention of committing to. Not to mention their sexual creativity in the bedroom with their chosen mate (or should we say mates) fueled by their interest in "erotic" literature. Because, as any woman in an IVF program will tell you, this is really how you increase your... »
Hot Flash!
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... »
The magnetism of menopause
If you suffer menopause symptoms then just shove a magnet in your knickers. According to Lady Care, their $49.95/£19.95 static magnet can reduce over 23 different menopause symptoms by at least 33%. Of course there have been no double blind studies to support their claims. And apart from positioning (4 inches under your navel) there are no specifications as to the power... »
Menopause sells!
"It is only post-menopause that a woman can apply herself to a job the way that she did when she was in her twenties" says Helen Rumble from the UK Times Online. And what does she mean by that? Well she goes on to say that "at the beginning and end of life gender differences fade away". If we substitute "career" for "life", her... »
Menopause is now a Style and Fashion Issue
According to Camille Sweeny reporting on Style and Fashion at the New York Times, you can lose 20lbs in 4 months by taking Estroven (site link usefully included). Well Camille did not actually say so, her partly named source Martha B said so. And so it must be true. No doubt sales will soar. Camille was actually supposed to be reporting on natural remedies for... »
Is gray the new black?
Or is grey the new bleak? Who knows. But if menopause is becoming the new women's movement then there are some out there pushing for grey hair to be the movement's T Shirt. And when you expose those roots, you'll find a whole website devoted to the subject of going natural grey gray. Ready to ditch the dye? Not me. I'm leaving that decision... »
We need more “balance” and less replacement
Is anyone tired of all these media reports on new studies of old WHI data that trigger alarmist headlines such as "HRT Does More Harm Than Good". That headline would more realistically read "Premarin does more harm than good". But if it did then it would not even get published. Why? Because that is old news. We now know that Premarin, particularly in doses used in the WHI study,... »
Horror Scope
"You will again be left feeling self-conscious and embarrassed this week, this time after becoming the last of your girlfriends to go through menopause." That's an old horoscope from The Onion circa 2006. Remember when getting your period was a big deal and the girls who did not have them yet felt inferior? Left out of some big mystery? I reckon if... »