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Can a New Hormone Jab Restore Fertility?

March 17, 2010 – 8:38 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

A new hormone jab could cure infertility in thousands of women, British doctors said yesterday.

MarieClaire.co.uk

March 17, 2010

Made with a gene called ‘kiss,’ it has the potential to restore fertility in some women, scientists have found, as twice-weekly injections led to long-term increases in levels of sex hormones that control the menstrual cycle.

The findings suggest a new way to treat women whose infertility is due to low sex hormones and may mean an end to invasive treatments and IVF for many.

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Hormone Imbalance, Infertility, Pregnancy, Vaccinations, Women's Health | Comments (0)

Child Wellness: Talking to your daughter about beginning her menstrual cycle

March 15, 2010 – 9:57 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

YNN

Watertown, NY
By: Marcie Fraser
March 10, 2010

If you have a teenage girl, it’s inevitable, hormones and mood swings. It’s not always the easiest conversation for parents to have with their kids but it may be time to talk about your daughter’s menstrual cycle.

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Hormonal Honeys, Menstrual Cycle, Mothers & Daughters, Natural Cycles, Periods, Premenstrual Syndrome | Comments (0)

Beware of PMS/PMDD Misdiagnosis it Could Lose You Your Children

March 7, 2010 – 4:38 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Staffordshire Social Services
United Kingdom
Filed under: Secret family courts — nojusticeforparents @ 6:35 am
March 6, 2010

I suffer with pms /pmdd .

I am writing this to inform you that Social Services and Family Courts are diagnosing people with Personality Disorders and other nonsense.

This then leads to the removal of children with no chance of them being returned.

My mother always stated i had been fine growing up until i started my periods.

Then while forced to go into a mother and baby unit the nurses and Psychiatrist there reported a marked change in my mood before my period.

Also I had weekly counselling with Womens Aid who also noticed the same.

Social Services refused to acknowledge it.

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Hormone Imbalance, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, PMDD, PMS, Periods, Premenstrual Syndrome, Premenstrual Tension | Comments (1)

Uterine Fibroids and Fertility: Causes and Risk Factors

February 23, 2010 – 5:46 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Fertili-Talk
by Laura Mercer on February 20, 2010

Have you been diagnosed with uterine fibroids, or do you have any of the symptoms of these benign uterine growths that can affect fertility?

An estimated 3 out of 4 women will have uterine fibroids at some point. Unfortunately, these non-cancerous growths are most likely to occur during childbearing years, which is not a good thing since they can cause infertility.

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Estrogen, Hormone Imbalance, Infertility, Progesterone, Women's Health | Comments (0)

Pain so severe, some skip school

February 22, 2010 – 4:42 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

asiaonehealth
By Ng Wan Ching

February 23, 2010

ONE of the conclusions of a National University Hospital study was that menstrual problems among adolescent girls are common and significant.

Out of 5,561 girls aged 12 to 19, more than eight in 10 reported various degrees of painful menstruation.

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Adolescent Girls, Cramps, Endometriosis, Hormone Imbalance, Irregular Cycles, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Teens | Comments (0)

How Does Your Brain Keep Track of Time?

February 22, 2010 – 4:26 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

A new finding challenges conventional wisdom about the mind’s internal clock
scienceline

By Mike Orcutt | Posted February 22, 2010
Posted in: Featured

Researchers have found some misbehaving neurons in the part of the brain that tells time. The startling discovery could change how neuroscientists think about the brain’s influence on the body’s biological rhythms, and has raised questions about the very definition of a functioning neuron.

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Biological Clock, Circadian Rhythm, Hormone Cycles, Natural Cycles, Wellness | Comments (0)

Prehistoric PMS?

February 21, 2010 – 5:23 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Were cave women moody at that time of the month?
Psychology Today
Published on February 21, 2010
Christopher Ryan, Ph.D. is co-author of Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality (HarperCollins 2010)

As the APA (American Psychiatric Association) ponders whether or not to include premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD–severe PMS) in the DSM-V, Newsweek reports on recent research suggesting that the condition may have a genetic component. The research is far from conclusive however, having been conducted on mice (and only sixteen of them).

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Holy Hormones Honey! The Greatest Story Never Told, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, PMDD, PMS, Premenstrual Syndrome, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics | Comments (0)

More Women Facing Early Menopause

February 21, 2010 – 10:54 am
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

The Korea Times
February 21, 2010
By Bae Ji-sook
Staff Reporter

More women appear to be experiencing early menopause, a recent study has indicated.

A total of 6,831 women in their 30s and below were treated in 2008 for insomnia, depression, lethargy and other disorders stemming from their cessation of menstruating, the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) said Sunday.

“Taking into account that only those who suffer from these side effects were counted in the survey, the actual number of women with early menopause could be much higher,” it said.

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Environmental Health, Hormone Imbalance, Menopause, Peri-Menopause, Women's Health | Comments (0)

3 Natural Ways to Address Infertility

February 20, 2010 – 10:41 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Hip Moms Go Green
February 20, 2010

Infertility is a growing problem that unfortunately too many couples experience during their reproductive years. Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after a year of regular unprotected intercourse. Interestingly, couples with absolutely no fertility issues still are only able to successfully conceive during the first year of unprotected intercourse 25% of the time.

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Hormone Imbalance, Infertility, Pregnancy, Women's Health | Comments (0)

Traumatic Brain Injuries Can be Cured by Sex Hormone

February 20, 2010 – 10:28 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Top News
February 20, 2010

A sex hormone can help in treatment of serious brain injuries. Researchers at 17 US medical centres are planning to start the experiment on trial basis, according to a presentation at an annual US gathering of scientists. Progesterone, a steroid hormone which is engaged in the female menstrual cycle and pregnancy, can reduce the death rate from traumatic brain injury by half.

By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Menstrual Cycle, Natural Progesterone | Comments (0)
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