Category - Menopause

10
Apr

Your Questions Answered: Estrogen

Why is estrogen given to women during menopause? How safe is estrogen? Does estrogen lower the risks of strokes and heart attacks? What are the over the counter alternatives to estrogen for hot flashes? Does the ‘kronos early intervention study’ change medical opinion concerning estrogen? Get all of your estrogen questions answered in my video. …

3
Apr

Your Questions Answered: Menopause

  What are the main symptoms of menopause? Does menopause cause sexual dysfunction? Are there any complications during menopause? What is andropause? These questions are answered in my video answered at Askimo.com. Visit this link or click on the picture above. Until next time, Dr. Mache Seibel PS: Find more information of this type in My …

1
Apr

Hot Flashes: 5 Tips for Considering OTC Supplements

If hot flashes are making your life unbearable, OTC remedies may be a solution to consider. Over-the-counter supplements can provide non-estrogen relief for women experiencing premenopausal hot flashes but, like anything worthwhile, it takes some patience and commitment. That’s not something people want to hear especially today when we’ve been conditioned to expect things quickly.  …

16
Mar

Hypnosis To Lower Hot Flashes

Hot flashes are never easy to treat, especially if you decide not to take estrogen and progesterone. And two recent possiblities for non-estrogen prescriptions failed to get FDA approval. Now a new study suggests that maybe all you need to do to lower hot flashes is just get hypnotized. A study in the March 2013 …

6
Mar

A Sad Day for Hot Flash Sufferers – FDA Fails Two Hot Flash Medicines

Monday the FDA failed to approve two new medications for hot flashes. The Advisers for the FDA felt the benefits did not sufficiently outweigh the risks. The first medication was for a drug made by Depomed Inc, which failed 12 to 2. The panel also voted 10-4 against approving a drug for hot flashes made by Hisamitsu …

27
Feb

New Drug For Painful Sex

Tuesday February 26th the FDA approved a new drug for painful sex. It’s called Osphena and it is a selective estrogen receptor modulator or SERM. This medication is similar to other medications iof this type such as Tamoxifen and Raloxifene. SERMs activate some tissues that are sensitive to estrogen such as in this case, the …

22
Feb

Early Surgical Menopause Causes Loss of Memory and Thinking

A new study found that women who had their ovaries removed by surgery before they were in menopause had an increased loss of both thinking and memory loss. Taking estrogen afterward slowed down the rate of loss. The study included 1837 women who were at least 53 years of age. The one third of the …

17
Feb

Is Marriage Healthy For You?

I wrote this post in honor of Valentines Day. To get the answer to this question with all the details to explain why, please click here Click here to read it on Care 2 and Click Here to can get a Free Download of a love song I wrote called One True Love.

21
Jan

Long Term Life Insurance – What You Need to Know

Long term life insurance is one of those things that many people wish they had purchased if and when they need it; but many of my patients really don’t understand what it is, why they need it or when to buy it. For that reason, I created a video that answers those question so you …

27
Nov

DoctorSeibel.com and HealthRock.com Win Web Health Awards

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — www.DoctorSeibel.com received a Gold Award for the “Best Website for Menopause and General Health” and www.HealthRock.com received a Bronze Award for “HealthRock = Music and Medicine” from Web Health Awards, both in the category of Medical Education. The Health Information Resource Center announced the winners of its 14th annual Web Health Awards which …

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