February 4, 2010 – 9:14 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
Zikkir Health News
Offices: Washington DC, London, Melbourne
HealthMad | 4 February 2010, 1:25 pm
When I was a teenager, my mother would tell me to keep off the kitchen and the puja room during my menstruation. I used to resent this very much, as my mind always rebelled against any differential treatment of girls. My mother would say that this was meant for giving rest to the body. When you rest, the body is able to repair and regulate itself better and employ all the available energy to eliminate the waste. Every one knows the bleeding is maximum at night for the same reason. I have thought about it and tried to correlate with my personal experience.
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Also posted in Endometriosis, Holy Hormones Honey! The Greatest Story Never Told, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Natural Cycles, Premenstrual Syndrome, Teens, Wellness, Women's Health
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February 4, 2010 – 8:56 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
SouthCoastToday.com
February 4, 2010
Healthcare Just for Women
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder characterized by laboratory and/or clinical findings of higher levels of androgens (male sex hormones), difficulty with ovulating and menstrual irregularity, and polycystic appearance to ovaries on ultrasound. Its prevalence is nearly 10 percent among reproductive-age women and may represent the largest underappreciated segment of the female population at risk for cardiovascular disease.
February 2, 2010 – 9:05 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
A nine-year-old schoolgirl has become one of the world’s youngest mothers after giving birth to a 2.75kg boy in northeast China.
Times Live
South Africa
Feb. 2, 2010
The baby was delivered by Caesarean section at a hospital in Changchun, in Jilin province, when the girl was eight-and-a-half months pregnant.
Despite her youth, and the potential for complications during the delivery, it has been reported that the mother and child are in good health.
February 2, 2010 – 5:08 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
PR News Wire
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Dr. Alan Jacobs, one of a small number of clinical experts in Neuroendocrinology (and unique in combining this field with Behavioral Neurology into clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology), today announced the launch of his new blog on the web at: http://blog.alanjacobsmd.com
Dr. Jacobs, who has offices in Manhattan and Mount Kisco, NY, has been providing comprehensive clinical care locally, nationally and internationally to women and men with neuroendocrine and neurobehavioral conditions since 1995. Through his blog, he hopes to reach out to more people with these conditions and address their concerns about the effect of hormones on the brain and behavior.
February 2, 2010 – 3:42 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
Alan Jacob MD’s Blog
January 11, 2010
Dr. Alan Jacob
To give you a sense of what I am talking about, consider the 15-year-old who had suffered from progressive emotional disturbances ever since her periods began three years before coming to see me. About one week prior to each period, her anxiety levels would rise dramatically and she would become irritable, volatile and have great difficulty sleeping. On the first day of her period, relief would come and she would be back to normal, fearing the next go-round 21 days later.
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Also posted in Depression, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, PMDD, PMS, Premenstrual Syndrome, Premenstrual Tension, Psychology, Teens, Women's Health
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February 1, 2010 – 9:59 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
The New York Times
By ALLISON AMEND
Published: January 29, 2010
PORTRAIT of me, 2005: New Yorker, writer, age 31. I had a new boyfriend, an agent excited about my novel and a new college teaching job. I was finally approaching happiness, even if I had taken the scenic route. I should have been running victory laps.
Here’s what happened instead: I got sick.
At first, my symptoms were nebulous, mild, easy explainable. I had recently gone off the pill after several years, so I wasn’t concerned about not yet getting my period. Hot flashes — soaring waves of heat so strong I put my cheek against germ-ridden subway poles to cool off — could also be a result of hormonal changes. I was just adjusting, I told myself.
January 29, 2010 – 9:39 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
Stltoday.com
St Louis, MO
By Dr. Faye Cohen
01/28/2010
Ask any woman with fibromyalgia about her disease, and she’ll probably tell you this: The disease —and the pain — is real. People who have fibromyalgia may look fine. Their medical test results may be normal. But they are suffering from serious pain.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that affects between three million and six million Americans, and more than eight out of 10 are women. The American College of Rheumatology classifies the disease as chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain for three or more months and tenderness at 11 or more of 18 designated “tender points.”
January 28, 2010 – 6:27 am
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
First Sustained Follicle Stimulant Reduces the Number of Treatment Injections for Patients
PR News Wire
1.28.2010
Comment from Leslie
All of the Gardasil girls are struggling with menstrual issues due to endocrine system imbalance from heavy metals and other toxins in the vaccine that have damaged the brain.
Is Merck aware of this?
Are they now in the fertility business and producing ovulation stimulating drugs for infertility? Does anyone see the sad, sad, irony here? Is MErck creating another market out of thin air?
BTW take a look at the side effects from these treatments…
January 26, 2010 – 10:38 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
The Secrets of your Cycle
I stumbled on this wonderful web site and just had to share it with my readers. This is a wonderful guide to hormone harmony! Leslie
Today’s Hormone Horoscope
January 26, 2010 – 10:15 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
She.PK.US
January 24, 2010
Every woman goes through this at one time or another to the first period. It may be interesting, it may be scary, it may be reassuring every woman feels differently when it occurs first. However, you may be feeling, and the onset of menstruation is a sign of the real that you may have moved from adolescence into womanhood. It may not seem like you’re any older, but your body is actually ready to have a baby of their own. This can be scary, but it is through knowledge, and prepared, you can place you have any concerns about menstruation and femininity of the rest.