by Paula Derry | Apr 1, 2013 | Health Care, Hormones, Media, Menopause, New Research
The Huffington Post published a story last week titled “Last Menstrual Cycle Could Be Predicted With New Model”. The story stated that a research study had just been published about a new method for predicting the end of menstruation in which researchers developed a...
by Paula Derry | Oct 15, 2012 | Menopause, New Research
Many of us do our own health research, either because we have a specific question or simply to keep up with the news. If we don’t read the original scientific articles, we rely on experts to provide summaries in newspapers, magazines, or on a variety of websites. It...
by Heather Dillaway | May 24, 2012 | Communication, Health Care, Hormones, Language, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
An article on Medscape News on May 7th reported survey results that suggest that “fewer than one third of women with menopause symptoms are receiving treatment for those symptoms.” The article goes on to report that about half of women aged 45 to 60 report...
by Paula Derry | Apr 2, 2012 | Language, Menstruation, New Research, PMS
I certainly believe that scientific research is important. Research uncovers new knowledge and prunes away facts that are not accurate. However, in our society, research is also a coinage to justify views of reality. A Biblical scholar might invoke a sentence from...
by Heather Dillaway | Mar 29, 2012 | Communication, Health Care, Hormones, Internet, Language, Literature, Media, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
As I embark on my 40th year I look ahead to menopause. I guess there is a good chance I’m approaching some foggy years. Brain fog, that is. In the past week a flurry of online news articles review new research findings on the “brain fog” that many perimenopausal women...