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Who has time to read it all? Here’s a quick rundown of what you need to know in recent women’s health news. Today’s topic: Osteoporosis and bone health.
Alendronate Can Help Prevent Bone Fractures In Many Postmenopausal Women
Giving 10mg per day of the bisphosphate drug alendronate to women after their menopause can help prevent loss of […]
According to a recent USA Today article, women who walk during menopause experience a dramatic reduction in stress and other psychological symptoms compared with their sedentary counterparts.
The results of a study by Temple University on physical activity in menopausal women indicated that,
walking wasn’t able to stop hot flashes that often start a few years before […]
After two weeks of using the AcneFree anti-acne cleansing system, which claims visible results in just two weeks, I am delighted to report the following positive outcomes:
Dramatically fewer blackheads everywhere, and particularly on my nose and chin.
NO cystic pimples. I had a couple last week during the worse-before-it-gets-better period, but they have surfaced and vanished.
No […]
I love, love, love this series of articles from iVillage. It complies health tips from women of all ages targeted toward specific age groups. Don’t just limit yourself to your age group — read all of them for some fantastic advice.
20somethings (6 tips)
30somethings (6 tips)
40somethings (6 tips)
50somethings (8 tips!)
60somethings (6 tips)
70somethings (6 tips)
Tags: 20s, 30s, […]
Actress Sally Field is going to plotz when she hears about this new once-a-year treatment to prevent osteoporosis. It makes her beloved once-a-month Boniva (ibandronate sodium) look like a pile of poo.
Ivanhoe Newswire reported earlier this month that annual doses of zoledronic acid (brand name Reclast) have been clinically proven to demonstrate a 70% reduction […]
In response to yesterday’s post about the new FDA-approved, no-period birth control pill Lybrel, Alicia asked this question in the comment trail:
What exactly happens to your egg(s) when birth control pills prevent ovulation?
That’s a great question. First of all, let’s be clear on two important facts about the female body:
You’re born with all of the […]
This week the US Food and Drug Administration approved an oral contraceptive that, when taken as directed, effectively stops menstruation for the duration of its use. Although the regular monthly cycle will be stopped as long as a woman takes the pill as directed, breakthrough bleeding and spotting are possible (and, if you ask me, […]
An article in today’s edition of the U.K.’s Daily Mail shares this statistic, one I found quite shocking:
The average British woman is twice as likely to have her womb removed as her tonsils. In the UK, almost 40,000 women undergo the operation each year…
And, apparently, Camilla, Duches of Cornwall, is the newest member of the […]
As I mentioned earlier this week, black cohosh doesn’t appear to help with the symptoms of menopause while the much reviled hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does. Women have been warned about the side effects of HRT, which include a higher risk of breast cancer and heart disease but researchers at the Kronos Early Estrogen […]
Yet another popular herbal remedy shot down by medical science. The gold standard of testing drug effectiveness, randomized clinical trial, was used to compare the effects of black cohosh and placebo on menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes, and night sweats. The two seemed equally good (bad?) at relieving women of discomfort associated with menopause.
Dr. […]
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