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Women – the painful truth

October 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

theage.com.au

October 14, 2010

Women suffer more chronic pain than men but there has been little effort to find out why, writes Judy Foreman.

It’s one of the more puzzling observations in medicine: the vast majority of chronic pain patients are women. Women suffer disproportionately from irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, headaches (especially migraines), pain caused by damage to the nervous system, osteoarthritis, jaw problems such as temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) and much more. Women also report more acute pain than men after the same common surgeries.

Filed Under: Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Migraines, Women's Health Tagged With: , ,

When Fertile, Women Want Manly Men

October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

LiveScience

By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer

posted: 12 October 2010 08:11 pm ET

Awkward news from the world of science: Women with less-masculine husbands or boyfriends are more likely to lust after other men during the fertile part of their cycle than women partnered with butch guys.

Filed Under: Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Men's Health, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Natural Cycles, Ovulation, Periods, Teens, Women's Health Tagged With: , , , ,

Female Athletes with Higher Estrogen Levels May Have Higher Injury Risk

September 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Released: 9/10/2010 3:30 PM EDT
Source: Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

But Risk Doesn’t Vary at Different Times of the Menstrual Cycle, Suggests Paper in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Newswise — In female athletes with chronically higher estrogen levels, differences in the mechanical properties of tendons may lead to a higher risk of injury, according to a study in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

Filed Under: Adolescent Girls, Birth Control, Environmental Health, Estrogen, Hormonal Honeys, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Mothers & Daughters Tagged With: , , ,

Polaneczky: Embracing what all women must endure

September 7, 2010 By 1 Comment

Athens Banner-Herald
Greece

Published Sunday, September 05, 2010

“My Little Red Book” by Rachel Kauder-Nalebuff (Twelve Publishing, 23 pp., $14.99)

Every woman and girl must go through it. In some cultures it’s sacred, and in others it is something you are forced into being ashamed about. Menstruation is a commonly avoided subject, and in many cases treated like something wrong. It seems as though half of the girls who get their first period don’t know what it is. Maybe because their parents were afraid to tell them, but why? So much of society has turned away from this natural part of every woman’s life

Filed Under: Adolescent Girls, Education, Hormonal Honeys, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, My Sister's Song, Teens, Wellness, Women's Health Tagged With: , ,

The Men-strual cycle? – YOU MUST BE KIDDING!

August 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

BNET August 10, 2010 I’ve always been sceptical when experts say men go through their own versions of female conditions such as the menopause or PMS. Yes, men may experience depression or mood swings at certain periods in their life but that doesn’t mean we should look for similarities to female hormonal conditions. For a Continue Reading …

Filed Under: Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Men's Health, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Periods, Premenstrual Syndrome, Testosterone Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

About half of women with epilepsy have more seizures in association with their menstrual cycle

August 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Epilepsy.com
Publication Date:
August 12, 2010

Women often report worsening of their seizures in association with menstrual cycles. If seizure frequency consistently doubles or more in association with a phase of the menstrual cycle, then the woman is defined as having “catamenial epilepsy.”

Filed Under: Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Periods, Women's Health Tagged With: , , , ,

Puberty Comes Earlier For Today’s Girls

August 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

NPR

by Scott Hensley
August 9, 2010

The rates of early puberty for girls have doubled in a little more than a decade, a new study of girls between 6 and 8 years old finds.

Filed Under: Adolescent Girls, Body Image, Breast Health, Environmental Health, Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Health US News, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Periods, Puberty, Weight, Women's Health Tagged With: , , ,

The Last Taboo: Menstruation and Body Literacy

August 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Psychology Today
The Me in We
How group emotions and issues of collective identity change the world.
by Molly Castelloe, Ph.D.

Many moons ago, Gloria Steinem wrote and article “If Men Could Menstruate,” which I excerpt here:

“So what would happen if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not? Clearly, menstruation would become an enviable, worthy, masculine event… Generals, right-wing politicians, and religious fundamentalists would cite menstruation (‘men-struation’) as proof that only men could serve God and country in combat (“You have to give blood to take blood”), occupy high political office (“Can women be properly fierce without a monthly cycle governed by the planet Mars?”)

Filed Under: Holy Hormones Honey! The Greatest Story Never Told, Men's Health, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, My Sister's Song, Periods, Women's History, Women's Politics Tagged With: , ,

Painful Menstrual Is Unbearable To Handle

July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

One India

Friday, July 23, 2010, 13:54 [IST]
Denise Baptiste
Menstrual Cramps are the most common among women of today. Not all women undergo these painful moments during their monthly periods. But most of them do! The medical term of this menstrual cramps are called as ‘ dysmenorrhea’.

Filed Under: Adolescent Girls, Cramps, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Periods, Teens Tagged With: , , ,

A solution for excessive menstrual cycles

July 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

ABC 15.com

Arizona

Drs. Goodman & Partridge, OB/GYN is a sponsor of Sonoran Living Live.
Article provided by Drs. Goodman & Partridge, OB/GYN

Dr. Jennifer Iacovelli of Drs. Goodman & Partridge, OB/GYN is now performing a procedure in the office for women suffering from excessive menstrual bleeding called Novasure.

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