by Chris Hitchcock | Oct 12, 2012 | Hormones, Menopause, New Research, Perimenopause
What Happened? The highlight of last week’s meeting of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) meeting was a presentation of the primary results of the KEEPS study (Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study). A press release describing the findings, along with a list...
by Chris Hitchcock | Dec 9, 2011 | Law/Legal, Menopause
Three women who developed breast cancer after their use of combination hormone therapy have been initially awarded $72 million by a jury in Philadelphia, with further judgement about punitive damages still to come. The case concerns the use of PremPro, a combination...
by Chris Hitchcock | Sep 27, 2011 | Menopause, New Research
Earlier this month, researchers published a statistical analysis of mortality data in England, Wales and the United States, disproving the common statement that, after menopause, women face increased rates of mortality from heart disease. There are other studies that...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 23, 2011 | Celebrities, Media, Menopause, Television
Roseanne’s Nuts was one of the delights of summer 2011, especially for those of us who have missed the comedic talents of Roseanne Barr. If you don’t watch television (or are outside the US), Roseanne’s Nuts is Roseanne Barr’s return to...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 24, 2010 | Menopause, New Research
So there’s a surge today in news stories about how hormone treatment for menopause (popularly known as ‘hormone replacement therapy’ or HRT) benefits the brain, apparently based on publicity over this study published in Hormones and Behavior. In...