The North American Menopause Society addresses the risk-benefit analysis and therapeutic issues of menopausal hormone therapy. July 31, 2008 The North American Menopause Society has issued an update to its 2007 recommendations on the use of menopausal hormone therapy in postmenopausal women. The position statement was created by an advisory panel of women’s health experts Continue Reading …
Curbing Rise in Caesarean Section births
July 31, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Canada’s Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists wants to curb Caesarean section births, up by 17 percent from 1993 and at an all-time high with more than 25 percent of women undergoing the procedure, the Toronto Star reported June 26. The increase is due to changing demographics, rising obesity rates and fear of malpractice lawsuits. A Continue Reading …
The Sex Cycle
July 30, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Reporting Dr. Sean Kenniff MIAMI (CBS4) ― July 30, 2008 A local doctor says that a woman’s hormones may be affecting everything from what you eat to what you wear, and it’s the shift in the levels of hormones each months that many women to experience shifts in their behaviors. Dr. Carol Clark, a leading Continue Reading …
Possible Cause of Postpartum Depression Pinpointed
July 30, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Mouse study implicates GABA receptors in the central nervous system Posted July 30, 2008 By Jeffrey Perkel HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have uncovered a potential cause for postpartum depression, at least in mice. According to the study, from assistant researcher Jamie Maguire and lead researcher Istvan Mody, both of the Continue Reading …
Dietary Supplements…Part Duex
July 30, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Read, assimilate, form an opinion and take action! Inconvenient Women take the time to learn what is out there and how it might effect them and their families. Overview Overview About the Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements FDA-DSFL Electronic Newsletter | Recent Announcements | Frequently Requested Information FDA regulates dietary supplements under Continue Reading …
Morning after pill sparks debate
July 29, 2008 by 1 Comment
DENISE PIKE The Compass July 29, 2008 Many eyebrows were raised last week when the province gave its approval to make the “morning- after” pill Plan B available over the counter. Pharmacists, in particular, were perturbed by the announcement from Health Minister Ross Wiseman. The Compass spoke with four pharmacists in Conception and Trinity Bays Continue Reading …
What is the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA)?
July 28, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Inconvenient Women PAY ATTENTION As Big Phama lobbies “Your” Congressional representatives to “control” the American public’s access to natural, “food-based” supplements it is probably a good thing to review the “LAW” that has been in place since 1994. Recently Congress has shown an alarming propensity to write new law instead of adequately enforcing existing legislation. Continue Reading …
Young women gain weight combining Internet, alcohol, and little sleep
July 26, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Adolescent girls and young women were found by a U.S. study to put on extra weight when they recreationally use the Internet more than average, do not get enough sleep, and drink a lot of alcohol. American medical researcher Catherine Berkey and colleagues from Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.), the Channing Laboratory, Department of Continue Reading …
Big Pharma Threatens To Deprive Individuals of Natural Weight Loss Alternatives
July 25, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Help Protect Health Freedom Today! Since when has natural health been a crime? As if the present war on natural health alternatives wasn’t enough, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK), is now petitioning the FDA to determine that dietary supplements claiming to promote, assist or otherwise help with any aspect of weight loss are “disease claims,” and Continue Reading …
Postmenopause and stroke:
July 22, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Don’t sleep less than 6 hours or more than 9 A new U.S. study shows that postmenopausal women had increased risk of strokes if they sleep less than six hours a night or more than nine hours. The research study was led by American epidemiologist Jiu-Chiuan Chen, an assistant professor at the University of North Continue Reading …
