The Greatest Story Never Told
The philosopher of science Mary Midgley (1995) doesn’t mince words. She tells us: “The theory of evolution is not just an inert piece of theoretical science. It is, and cannot help being, also a powerful folk-tale about human origins.” Along these lines, stories about reproductive physiology are important folk-tales about what’s natural for women and what their life course should be.
The relationship between menopausal characteristics and later life mortality is unclear. We tested the hypotheses that women with surgical menopause would have increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared with women with natural menopause, and that women with earlier ages at natural or surgical menopause would have greater all-cause and cardiovascular mortality than women with later ages at menopause.
Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Oct. 20, 2011 – A recent UT Southwestern Medical Center study found that estrogen regulates energy expenditure, appetite and body weight, while insufficient estrogen receptors in specific parts of the brain may lead to obesity. “Estrogen has a profound effect on metabolism,” said Dr. Deborah Clegg, associate professor of Continue Reading …
Vaccinations during childhood could be made less effective by exposure to chemicals commonly found in plastic containers and food packaging, Harvard researchers have claimed. The Telegraph By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent 7:30AM GMT 25 Jan 2012 The man-made chemicals, known as PFCs, are found in a variety of everyday items including non-stick frying pans, waterproof Continue Reading …
Women’s eNews By Suzanne Braun Levine WeNews guest author Sunday, January 8, 2012 Despite conventional wisdom dictating that intimacy ends at midlife for women, Suzanne Braun Levine says this is untrue in her new book “How We Love Now.” In this except, she describes how love actually changes and deepens. (WOMENSENEWS)–Being in love knows no Continue Reading …
Womens eNews By Suzanne Braun Levine WeNews guest author Sunday, January 8, 2012 Despite conventional wisdom dictating that intimacy ends at midlife for women, Suzanne Braun Levine says this is untrue in her new book “How We Love Now.” In this except, she describes how love actually changes and deepens. Being in love knows no Continue Reading …
New England Journal of Medicine
N Engl J Med 2011; 365:1304-1314October 6, 2011
Background
Before 1971, several million women were exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES) given to their mothers to prevent pregnancy complications. Several adverse outcomes have been linked to such exposure, but their cumulative effects are not well understood.
What your Doctors Don’t Tell You
11 August 2011
Breast cancer isn’t quite the deadly disease it once was – but doctors can’t explain why. The one thing they do know is that intensive screening programmes have had nothing to do with the sudden drop in the number of women dying from the disease.
Irish Health
August 27, 2011
by Deborah Condon www.irishhealth.com]
Chemotherapy may have a greater effect on a woman’s fertility than first estimated, a new study indicates.
According to US researchers, previous studies have tended to focus on whether a woman’s periods come back after treatment. The absence of menstruation is known as amenorrhoea and until now, it has been viewed as one of the main reproductive side-effects associated with chemotherapy.
Body Ecology
Posted August 16, 2011.
Do you know the telltale signs of hypothyroidism?
The thyroid gland is a small butterfly shaped gland that sits just below the thyroid cartilage. The thyroid can:
Lift your energy.
Warm your body.
Activate the immune system.
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