General Health, Nutrition, Weight Control
Here’s an article in USA Today that does a disservice to its readers. The title states that a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds no nutritional edge to organics over non-organic food. The two authors reviewed and compiled the results of 17 earlier...
Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Menopause, perimenopause, Premature Menopause, Weight Control
If you’re in menopause and overweight, would it matter if you diet continuously versus some of the time? What if you tried to loose weight for 5 weeks and then you took a break for 5 weeks and just tried not to gain weight for the next 5 weeks. A new study just...
Diet & Nutrition, Early Menopause, General Health, healthy eating, Memory, Menopause, Nutrition, Premature Menopause
Can you change how well your brain works during menopause by what you eat? A new study says yes – at least a little. African Americans, white, Chinese and Japanese women were followed during menopause and their diet was recorded as well as tests of their brain...
Early Menopause, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Sleep
With so many concerns about estrogen and menopause, many women either won’t or can’t take it. That’s why I’ve offered progesterone as a possible option to women in menopause for years. I think the risks are less and it works for many women. Now...
Early Menopause, General Health, Hot Flashes, Menopause, perimenopause, Premature Menopause
In addition to poor sleep, hot flashes and low libido, there is another health issue that a woman with low estrogen in or near menopause needs to discuss with her doctor – glaucoma. A new review article in the journal Menopause shows that low estrogen...
Hot Flashes, Menopause, perimenopause, Premature Menopause
Women are now 51% of all high paying and professional and related occupations and their numbers are growing. As their ages increase, more and more women in menopause and beyond are working. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 68 million women make up half the US...
Early Menopause, Menopause, perimenopause, Premature Menopause
While older moms are usually the cause of genetic diseases in their children such as Down’s Syndrome, a new study in the journal Nature suggests that it is older fathers responsible for the rise in autism. The study was done in Iceland in 78 families who had a...
Diabetes, Early Menopause, General Health, Hot Flashes, Menopause, perimenopause, Premature Menopause, Sleep
Many women know that a flushing face and night sweats are a part of menopause. But menopause is not always the cause. Sometimes these nuisances are a symptom of something else. As a matter of fact, a wide range of conditions can cause hot flashes and night sweats (and...