Peri-Menopause - Holy Hormones Journal

Should GPs lead the way in facing the facts about obesity and its link to breast cancer?

July 27, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

The Telegraph
United Kingdom

By Judith Potts Health and lifestyle
Last updated: July 27th, 2011

The believed causes of breast cancer are myriad and well-documented – family history; age; time and type of menopause (i.e. natural or induced by surgery where ovaries are removed); whether or not the woman has had children; over-indulgence of alcohol; smoking; HRT; a compromised immune system etc. To this long list has just been added the height of the person, the age at which a woman began menstruating and – perhaps most crucially – obesity.

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Treatment may protect young women with breast cancer from early menopause

July 27, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha 1 Comment

LA Times
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blog
July 19, 2011, 1:07 p.m.
An early menopause is often in store for women under age 40 who have chemotherapy for breast cancer. Women can choose to have some eggs removed in advance of the treatment in order to preserve some chance of having a baby later, but that can be a difficult and complicated process. Now, however, there may be a medication to treat these women to avoid premature menopause.

Filed Under: Breast Health, Endocrine System, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Health US News, Hormones, Menopause, Menstrual Suppression, Mothers & Daughters, Peri-Menopause, Pharmaceuticals, Synthetic Hormones, Women's Health Tagged With: Breast Cancer, Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Menopause, Menstruation, Women's Health

I went through the menopause… aged 12

July 18, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

The Sun

July 14, 2011
A WOMAN who went through the menopause aged 12 has made a desperate appeal for an egg donor after a seven-year struggle to have a baby.

Sarah Johnson is thought to be the youngest woman in Britain to suffer from the change, which usually affects women over 50.

Filed Under: Adolescent Health, Hormone Health World News, Hormone Imbalance, Infertility, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Health Education, Mothers & Daughters, Peri-Menopause, Social/Political Tagged With: Big Pharma, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills, Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Estrogen, Gardasil/Silgard, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, HPV, HPV Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Infertility, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Merck, pregnancy, Vaccinations, Women's Health

Mystery of menopause before 40

July 18, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Sydney Morning Herald
smh.com.au
Rachel Browne, Jill Stark
July 17, 2011

HOT flushes, night sweats, mood swings and the end of a woman’s natural fertility – all before age 40. This is the disturbing reality of premature menopause, and a new study shows it may be much more common than doctors realised.

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Cardiovascular disease in women—often silent and fatal

July 16, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

The Lancet
Volume 378, Issue 9787, Page 200, 16 July 2011
On June 21, two US organisations, WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease and the Society for Women’s Health Research, released 2011 10QReport: Advancing Women’s Heart Health Through Improved Research, Diagnosis and Treatment. The report emphasises the burden of cardiovascular disease in women and the disappointing lack of research into this predicament.

Filed Under: Endocrine System, Estrogen, Heart Disease, Heart Health, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Health World News, Hormones, Men's Health, Menopause, Peri-Menopause, Post Menopausal Women, Women's Health Tagged With: Big Pharma, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills, Cancer, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Merck, Vaccinations, Women's Health

Lipids, Menopause, and Early Atherosclerosis in Study of Women’s Health across the Nation Heart Women

July 14, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Medscape Today
Posted: 04/22/2011; Menopause. 2010;18(4):376-384. © 2010 The North American Menopause Society

Objective: The risk of cardiovascular disease increases after menopause. Recent evidence suggests that it is possible for high-density lipoprotein (HDL) to become proatherogenic or dysfunctional in certain situations. Our objective was to evaluate whether the relationship of HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) to subclinical cardiovascular disease differed across the menopausal transition, which would provide insight for this increased risk.

Filed Under: Endocrine System, Heart Disease, Heart Health, Hormone Health US News, Menopause, Peri-Menopause, Post Menopausal Women, Science, Women's Health Tagged With: Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, HRT, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Women's Health

’1 in 20 women’ hit by early menopause: Doctors baffled at rising numbers of under-40s affected

July 11, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Mail Online
United Kingdom

By Jenny Hope
Last updated at 7:42 AM on 7th July 2011

More than one in 20 women go through an early menopause which puts them at greater risk of heart attack, stroke and bone disease in later life, warn researchers.

Higher than expected numbers stop having periods before the age of 40 for no known medical reason, a study has found.

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Easing Menopause Symptoms With Food

July 5, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Huffington Post
Cathy Margolin, L.Ac. Dipl. OM

Licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, women’s health specialist, founder of PAC Herbs, Chinese herbal medicine in PACkets.

June 28, 2011

“I didn’t sign up for this, I just want to feel normal again,” said Judy, my patient who aptly describes what the 21st century Western woman going through menopause feels. If you want to know how to turn down your body’s internal “thermostat” you are in the right place. Alternative medicine, including food therapy, is a viable option for managing menopause symptoms.

Filed Under: Hormone Health US News, Hormone Imbalance, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Peri-Menopause, Post Menopausal Women, Wellness, Women's Health Tagged With: Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Natural Progesterone, Women's Health

Sex during Menstruation, WHAT IS THE RISK

June 12, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Articlesbase

Posted: Jun 08, 2011

Menstruation continues today source of several controversies, primarily in that it is the worst time to have sex, do you think so? The fact is that the chances of pregnancy, but risk is incurred that can have serious health complications.

Filed Under: Endocrine System, Hormone Health US News, Hormones, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Peri-Menopause, Premenstrual Syndrome, Sexual Health, Women's Health Tagged With: Birth Control, Birth Control Pills, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, pregnancy, Premenstrual Syndrome, Women's Health

Pfizer Sets Aside $772 Million, Settles One-Third of Prempro Drug Cases

May 19, 2011 By Leslie Carol Botha Leave a Comment

Bloomberg

By Jef Feeley – May 12, 2011 9:01 PM MT

Pfizer Inc. (PFE), which has settled a third of the pending cases over its Prempro menopause drug, said it set aside $772 million to resolve claims the medicine causes breast cancer.

Filed Under: Aging, Breast Health, Cancer, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, Hot Flashes, HRT, Insomnia, Memory Loss, Menopause, Osteoporosis, Peri-Menopause, Post Menopausal Women, Social/Political, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics Tagged With: Big Pharma, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Women's Health