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If you think it's too late to build your bones....you'd be wrong! No matter how many risk factors you have......
Nov 6, Naturopathic Flu Information, Links and Resources
Here'll you'll find a balanced collection of information on the flu virus and vaciinations....
Oct 30, Naturopathic Flu Information
Here is a link to resources concerning a naturopathic view to colds and flu and H1N1...
Oct 22, Find out why you are spotting during menopause
Spotting during menopause can be due to a nutritional deficiencies, blood sugar imbalance, stress and more. Find out what you can do naturally....
You aren't alone! Many perimenopausal or menopausal women experience joint pain especially in the hip and shoulder joints. Sometimes this pain is...
Oct 16, Everyone's Guide to Meditation
Find out how you can attend this informative and healing workshop....
MedicineNet Daily News
Title: New Knee May Improve BalanceCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/11/2010 10:10:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010...
Retail Spices Recalled in Salmonella Scare
Title: Retail Spices Recalled in Salmonella ScareCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/12/2010 11:08:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010 11:08:28 AM...
Pre-Season Test Spots Baseball Pitchers at Risk of Injury
Title: Pre-Season Test Spots Baseball Pitchers at Risk of InjuryCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/11/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010...
Occasional High Blood Pressure Risky, Too?
Title: Occasional High Blood Pressure Risky, Too?Category: Health NewsCreated: 3/12/2010 11:16:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010 11:16:29 AM...
Online Dating as Honest as Real Life
Title: Online Dating as Honest as Real LifeCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/11/2010 10:10:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010...
Mind Reading Moves Closer to Reality
Title: Mind Reading Moves Closer to RealityCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/11/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010...
Menopausal Monster
I'm helping my eldest daughter potty train her youngest who turned 3 in Dec. We are finally making progress. YEA!!! 3 year old Ayden was sitting on the potty chair on Friday and spotted her Poppy's brush on the shelf above the toilet. "Whose brush is that Gramma?" I replied...
KKL Primitives Online Yard Sale I have lots of decorative plates, some English and Holland Tins, hand made crafts - come check it out! ...
Do you suffer from hot flashes ? Two sisters have developed a fan that fits right in your purse or pocket that you can whip out in an instant for immediate comfort. They are fashionable, available in different styles and would make great gifts or party favors. Visit their website at...
Healthcare Associated Infections or HAI
When someone develops an infection at a hospital or other patient care facility that they did not have prior to treatment, this is referred to as a healthcare-associated (sometimes hospital-acquired) infection (HAI). Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a global crisis affecting both patients and healthcare workers. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),...
Some of the artists of the 60's are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging baby boomers ... They include: Bobby Darin ---Splish, Splash, I Was Havin' A Flash Herman's Hermits ---Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Walker Ringo Starr ---I Get By With A Little Help From Depends The Bee Gees -- -How Can You Mend A Broken Hip? Roberta Flack---The First Time...
I had an appt. with my doctor today to let her know that those muscle relaxant pills don't seem to be doing me much good - the spasms/twitches are still occurring and since I've never been in any pain, I don't think I need a muscle relaxer. Everything is a...
About.com Menopause
Study confirms combination hormone therapy increases risk of heart disease
A study, recently released in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that combination hormone therapy increases the risk of heart disease in healthy postmenopausal women. Researchers report a trend toward an increased risk of heart disease during the first two years of hormone therapy among women who began therapy within...
September is Menopause Awareness Month
Every woman having hot flashes or mood swings as part of her menopause transition is very aware of menopause. But the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) puts a......
The Low Libido Trio – Sleep, Sweats, and Sadness
During and after menopause women (and their partners) complain that libido seems to be the collateral damage of slumpng hormone levels. Sorting out the “why” and “what to do”......
Feeling Anxious? How About a Whiff of Neroli to Calm Your Nerves?
One of the most distressing menopause symptoms that women report is anxiety (you can check the forum if you want the gory details). A study comparing neroli aromatherapy and......
HRT Well After Menopause Can Still Make a Difference in Quality of Life
Adding to the speculation about the benefit of estrogen therapy, a study published in the British Medical Journal this week tells us that even when started well after menopause, combined......
For Serious Hot Flashes, You May Want to Stick Your Neck Out
A procedure that has been proven very effective for management of pain is also showing promise for treating debilitating hot flashes. A stellate ganglion block (SGB) is a shot......
Menopause Blog
Menopause Natural Remedy Options
Are you trying to find a menopausal natural cure? Relax! Each and every year, over a million women in America alone, will begin menopause. And, lets face it, every one of those women could use a little guidance in relieving their menopause symptoms....
Discover a Menopause Natural Treatment and Avoid Hormone Replacement Therapy
Today many women are schooling themselves on the best menopause natural treatment that does not involve the man-made hormones that are so often prescribed. Even though hormone replacement therapy is still used widely in the US to cut back the negative symptoms associated with menopause, many ladies are increasingly becoming...
When Menopause Comes Sooner Than Expected
Every woman will experience menopause at a certain stage in her life, whether she wishes to or not. The normal age at which a female starts this phase is around 50, and it will frequently last for a couple of years. There are also those who will start the change...
How Long Does It Take For BHRT To Start Working?
Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) involves using hormones that are identical in molecular structure to the hormones that the human body produces. They come from a plant source of which a substance known as diosgenin is extracted and then altered to a variety of bio-identical hormones. It is used...
How Provacyl Can Help With Male Menopause
We're going to cover something which has long been questioned by many, but is not well understood; in fact, until very recently this is a phenomena is something which has really not been understood at all. We're talking of course about what some call male menopause; or to term it...
Menopause - The Blog
Another Reason to Use Bisphosphonates With Caution
Add broken bones to the list of possible side effects of the popular Osteoporosis drug, Fosamax, which millions of women take to prevent bone fractures and bone loss associated with menopause. There have already been warnings that bisphosphonate drugs, including Actonel, Reclast and Boniva, can cause severe musculoskeletal pain and...
A Doctor’s Kitchen Prescription for Lowering Cholesterol
If your physician has told you that your cholesterol level is high, chances are you’ve left her office with a prescription in hand for a statin drug like Lipitor or Crestor to get it under control. However, if you had consulted Dr. John La Puma, you might have received...
Recent research on aging suggests that by controlling certain factors in our lives, living to the ripe old age of 100 is not too far fetched. In fact, Danish experts predict that most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually be centenarians. This chart below suggests 11 factors...
Lab Tests That Can Tell You What’s Going On With Your Hormones
Thanks to Oprah, Suzanne Sommers, Dr. Christiane Northrup and many physician-authors before them (like Dr. John Lee), mid-life women now are far more knowledgeable about hormone therapy options that can help alleviate the most life-disrupting symptoms of menopause. What they (and their doctors) might not know so much about are...
As we approach Valentine’s Day, it seems like an appropriate time to talk about sex, or more specifically a woman’s (diminishing) sex drive as she ages. According to Genie James, M. M.Sc., author of the new book, In the Mood Again: Use the Power of Healthy Hormones to Reboot Your...
An Online Series that Will Nourish Your Soul
If you have 90 minutes that you can devote to yourself every Saturday for the next four weeks, tune in to Hay House Radio’s “I Can Do It!” conference series featuring some of the leading experts in personal development, mind-body medicine and spirituality including; Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Christiane Northrup...
MyMenopauseConnection.com - Latest Menopause News
New Line of "Natural" Feeling Incontinence Products Coming in April
The maker of Depend disposable underwear is planning to reveal a new variety pack that looks and feels more like traditional underwear....
Foods High in Potassium Help the Heart: Study
Italian researchers have found that eating bananas, potatoes, leafy greens, and other foods rich in potassium reduces a person's risk of developing coronary artery disease and his or her risk of stroke....
Actos, Avandia Again Tied to Fracture Risk
A new study backs up previous research that indicates the diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia increase a woman's risk of bone fractures....
Overactive Bladder May Also Be Hypersensitive
A new study in South Korea has found that women with overactive bladder may have a hypersensitive bladder as well....
Age at Toilet Training May Determine Incontinence Risk Later
Children who were toilet trained after the age of 34 months may be more likely to develop urge incontinence later one, a new study has found....
Nitroglycerin Can Slow Prostate Cancer Progression
A low dose of nitroglycerin may treat and slow the progression of prostate cancer, a new study has found....
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Are you having hot flashes? If you are like about 75% of menopausal women, you’re likely to ex...
I am a sandwich girl. No, I don’t work for Subway. I am a friend, who is sandwiched between two gene...
There are many types of vaginal dilators available for women who need them for vaginal penetration t...
First of all, let me say that I am not a writer. Far from it. I leave that up to my husband, the p...
…is something that all women have to deal with after that freaking blessed event of allowing a...
More on the 35 symptoms of Menopause! My personal favorite? Number 14–Incontinence: especial...
Flashfree
Are you having hot flashes? If you are like about 75% of menopausal women, you’re likely to experience a hot flash in some form or the other. In fact, researchers say that some women only have 5 a year while others might have as many as 50 a day. Yikes...
Every breath you take…lung cancer and HRT
Remember last year’s post on hormone replacement therapy and increased risk of deaths from lung cancer? Researchers now report that HRT that combines estrogen and progestin can increase the risk for developing lung cancer, especially when used for long time periods. In the latest nail in the HRT coffin, researchers evaluated...
Wednesday bubble: one drink makes you smaller…
Can one drink make you smaller? According to a study that appears in this week’s Archives of Internal Medicine, light to moderate amounts of alcohol may help you gain less weight. Sounds too good to be true, right? Intuition tells me that drinking alcohol can lead to weight gain because you...
In celebration of women…more of my conversation with chef/author Mollie Katzen
It’s International Women’s Day. A day to celebrate women of all ages, races, ethnicity and religion, to celebrate women as essential and relevant beings. Yet, as I write today in a post on Women Grow Business, although women are more engaged and successful than ever, the woman in the mirror...
Are your labia feeling their age? Do they need a bit more pink? There’s an application for that. Literally. ‘My New Pink Button’ , a genital cosmetic colorant, will help restore your labia to their naturally ‘youthful’ pink color! Feeling a bit more daring? There’s a color for that...
Wednesday Bubble: osteoporosis – all bets are off!
Which came first? The chicken or the egg? When it comes to osteoporosis, all bets are off. Researchers are now saying that age and not estrogen decline is the primary culprit in development of osteoporosis in women. Estrogen simply acts to “accentuate” the negative results. Aging increases what science refers to as...
Menopause Maniac
Hormone Harmony really is a good read!
After reading your book review of Hormone Harmony, I decided to go out a buy a copy for myself. After reading the first chapter, I litterally couldn't put it down. And you're so right about most medical books - dry, boring and filled with technical jargon that only a physician...
Did you know that stress may be making you fat? Stress increases the production of the “stress hormone” known as cortisol. Cortisol affects the way that the body collects and stores fat, oftentimes leading to weight gain....
I don’t understand, I really don’t … I used to be a happy go-lucky kinda gal. Everyone always looked to me for inspiration, motivation… now, I can’t even manage to get myself motivated, or even inspired. I got my hormone levels checked and am excited to see my new bioidentical hormone doctor...
Still going strong. I'm eating better, I'm exercising more and I've finally decided to quit smoking. I don't know how I ever got used to living the way I was living before - it really wasn't living at all. I really enjoy reading posts here on Menopause Maniac and...
Recently my staff and I had the opportunity to review a new book by way of our partnership with BodyLogicMD. Assuming it to be yet another medical book, dryly written, we were very pleasantly surprised to find ourselves reading a book that not only proved to be a compelling...
Rachael Ray, Menopause, and Me
Rachael Ray has been doing some great work on raising awareness about menopause. That dirty “M” word. I will admit it right here, I don’t like saying I am going through menopause! It makes me feel old, it makes me feel wrinkly, it makes me feel uncool,...
Menopause Symptoms Report
Menopause is bad enough, you don't want to be dealing with it and Type 2 diabetes at the same time. Type2 is now so common in this country, that you probably know several people with this condition. The type 2 diabetes risk factors come down to two basic categories:...
Menopause Symptoms, My Story, And Free Menopause Help
My own transition through perimenopause was dramatic enough for me to want to share my experiences, and those of numerous others, with women and men dealing with its physical, emotional and mental issues.Menopause blindsides most of us. Typically no one really expects it, and sometimes it takes months before one...
You may not understand much about some mental disorders, but they are something that can happen to almost anyone. Even those that have gone through most of their lives with no issues what so ever may end up with something wrong. When this happens, they soon learn that there is...
Want to partcipate in a Hot Flash study?
Software company is interested in interviewing women experiencing hot flashes/night sweats and other cognitive/memory issues. We will provide access to new iPhone/web software for monitoring these symptoms and their response to treatments and then conduct an interview about usability and suggested changes. You will have free access to the software...
Dermatologists tips for having soft feet after Menopause
Women start getting rough scaly feet after menopause. Scientists aren’t exactly sure why, but it’s pretty common. The problem usually starts first on your heels. Your heel skin becomes rough, dry thick and may crack. Gradually your entire foot can become elephant skin thick. Wearing sandals...
In his left hand, Aaron Wheeler holds a petri dish bearing a lump of breast tissue that resembles, in size and appearance, a piece of chewed gum.In his right, the University of Toronto chemist holds a microchip array, about the size of a credit card, bearing a drop of red...
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