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The popular herb black cohosh reduces hot flashes and other symptoms associated with menopause in most published clinical trials, said the American Botanical Council (ABC), a leading nonprofit herbal science organization.
ABC was responding to a press release issued May 15 summarizing an unpublished double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial on 132 women conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.(1) The researchers concluded that black cohosh pills used in their trial did not provide any noticeable benefit for menopause symptoms when compared to placebo. The findings are being reported at this weeks’ meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Orlando, Florida.
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Menopause and the dreaded hot flashes–it’s almost impossible to think of one without the other. Hot flashes are probably the first symptom we think of when we think of menopause or perimenopause (the years before menopause). Whether you already experience hot flashes, or you are still waiting for your turn, here are ten tips that can help reduce the severity of hot flashes when they happen to you: Click here for full story.
Women who develop thick waists and high cholesterol at menopause may be at higher risk of heart disease because they also have more damage to their arteries, US researchers reported. They believe their findings may help explain why older women who took Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) had higher rates of heart attacks and strokes. They also may offer the possibility that younger women can safely take HRT if they want to. Menopausal women who had more abdominal fat and higher cholesterol, already linked with heart disease, also appeared to be experiencing more oxidative stress, Kerrie Moreau of the University of Colorado reported. Both circumstances are known to be linked with heart disease but this is the first time the two have been specifically linked to one another, Moreau said.
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Menopause Articles | admin May 18, 2005 | 
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