by Alice Dan | Jul 4, 2013 | Hormones, Menopause
On June 24, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) released a report on the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study of Younger Women (WHIMSY) in the JAMA Network publication JAMA Internal Medicine. This study is of particular interest because hormone...
by Laura Wershler | Jul 3, 2013 | Fertility, Men, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research, Ovulation, Reproduction
Two new suppositions about menopause have been tossed around the media in recent weeks. They make for racy headlines but both, unfortunately, perpetuate the myth that menopause is a disease women need to be protected from. Most recent was the assertion by researchers...
by Ashley Ross | May 31, 2013 | Language, Menopause, Perimenopause, Philosophy, Religion/Spirituality
The Change. This name for peri/menopause has appeared in many cultures and has been passed down through the eons, generation to generation. I, myself, really like calling it The Change, as it describes the awe and magnitude of peri/menopause. The Change honors the...
by Paula Derry | May 27, 2013 | Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
Articles in the media often report research results with a number, for example the number of hot flashes per day or the severity of menstrual cramps. However, these are not facts in the way that “man bites dog” would be a fact. In part, this is because the numbers...
by Heather Dillaway | May 23, 2013 | Health Care, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research, Reproduction
OB-GYNS receive little to no medical training about menopause. Or at least that’s what recent research results show. Results of a web-based survey of 258 OB-GYN residency training directors across the country suggest that about one in five doctors receive any training...
by Heather Dillaway | Apr 24, 2013 | Menopause, Menstruation, Perimenopause
My kids and I read a book about “the last snowflake” a few years ago. The book was a story about how the last snowflake felt as it hit the ground each winter – lonely because his friends were ahead of him and probably melted already, or maybe carefree and floating on...
