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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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... »
National Senior Fitness Day … moi?
Great concept but since when is 50 part of the demographic? The retirement age is creeping higher and higher with 65 being a benchmark. So how come over 50 is (still) being treated like grey haired little old ladies when in fact we are quite the opposite? About time marketeers realized that if 50 is the new 40 then 70 is... »
How inept do they BeLieve we are?
Breast self examinations are considered a good thing. Done once a month around the third day of your period is good timing. And the really good thing is that this is something woman can do for themselves. No medical intervention or equipment necessary. Of course, that has not stopped some company from trying to make money off it. BeMitt - BeSmart, BeSensible,... »
Just take your hormones and think of England!
Old age parenthood: fine for men but wrong for women - why? In pondering that question, we forget that medical fraternity still thinks old age for female reproduction starts at 35. They still think having babies over 35 is a bad thing. But did we listen? Nope. So in a spiteful move, they recently started labelling over 35 as pre-menopausal and over 45 as... »
5 things I hate about perimenopause
It is an invented term for something we already had a good enough name for "the change". The fact that you are labeled with it based solely on age rather than on actual physical status The attitude that apparently women cannot deal with it without "advice from their medical advisor" regarding every aspect of ytheir life from what they eat to if/when/how they... »