Early Menopause, Hot Flashes, Menopause, perimenopause
Ten years after the Women’s Health Initiative caused millions of women to throw away their estrogen, continued research shows estrogen is still the best way to stop hot flashes…and it’s not as unsafe as the original study suggested. Read more. Get...
Menopause, Premature Menopause, Sleep
Millions of Americans are struggling with too little sleep. Here are 7 quick tips you can do to catch a few more zzzz’s. Speak in quite tones and encourage others to do the same after bedtime Set all pagers and cell phones to vibrate Close all doors to...
Diabetes, Diet & Nutrition, General Health
Are you a person who wolfs down your food? If so, it’s time to slow down. A new study presented at the International Congress of Endocrinology and European Congress of Endocrinology shows that people who eat fast are 2.5-times more likely to develop Type 2...
Early Menopause, Menopause, osteoporosis, perimenopause, Premature Menopause
If you’ve already finished having your family, does the age of menopause matter? A new study suggestes it does. Women who go through menopause before age 47 increases a woman’s chances for increased loss of calcium in the bones, osteoporosis, bone...
Cancer, perimenopause, Sexuality, Stress, Vaginal Dryness
There is good news for women who have early stage breast cancer and require treatment with radiation. Although fatigue is a common experience, only about 6% of women treated suffer from fatigue 1 year later. A new study of 218 Australian women with early stage breast...
Composer, Health Song, Music and Medicine
National Infertility Awareness Week begins today. It’s been 30 years since I performed the first in-vitro fertilization in Massachusetts, one of the first in the country. I wrote this poem then as a tribute to infertility patients and the invisible loss they...
Cancer, Composer, Health Song, Menopause, Music and Medicine, Music Composer
Please see my new blog on the Huffington Post. It’s about how a song can save your life.
Diabetes, Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure, perimenopause, Weight Control
Sodas were again in the news and this time for increasing the risk of heart attack and diabetes. You can see my blog post about this on FeedingAmerica.org. As you’ll see, cutting back on sodas or cutting them out altogether might be the most important health...
