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In a recent survey of 6,000 men, 40 percent of the participants claimed they were often or always irritable, according to an article by Newsweek. Psychotherapist Jed Diamond conducted the survey and believes the findings show an increase in men who suffer from irritable male syndrome. Many of the participants who claimed to be irritable were also experiencing a loss of testosterone. Researchers claim the syndrome can occur as a result of internal or external factors, such as losing a job, ending a personal relationship or experiencing a physical illness.
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Dr. Gary Bernard is one of the top physicians with BodyLogicMD, a national network of anti-aging physicians who specializes in treating patients suffering from male and female menopause with natural bioidentical hormones. He is an expert in the field of anti-aging medicine and sought after speaker/expert in discussions about the dangers of synthetic hormones vs. the benefits the bioidentical hormone therapy. He is the CEO of Pointe Medical Services, Inc, a Family and Internal Medicine practice in Jacksonville Florida.
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Estrogen pills have little effect on older women’s quality of life, fresh evidence from a landmark study shows in yet another blow to the myth that most women need the hormones to feel better after menopause.
More than 10,000 women with an average age of 63 were asked about their general health, mental, physical and social functioning, energy level and emotional health before and a year after they started taking either estrogen or dummy pills.
Some scores dipped and others increased slightly, but there was little overall difference between the groups, which each included more than 5,000 women.
Participants were part of the government’s Women’s Health Initiative, which did a long-running study on the risks and benefits of hormones. The latest study appeared in Monday’s Archives of Internal Medicine
BioSante’s Bio-E-Gel (TM) Shows 88% Decrease in Hot Flashes and the Lowest Effective Dose is Established, According to Data at NAMS
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex:BPA) announced today the presentation of Phase III clinical study data on Bio-E-Gel(TM) (bio-identical estradiol gel) at the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) annual meeting in San Diego. The study results showed three doses of Bio-E-Gel that significantly decrease the number of hot flashes in menopausal women and identified the lowest effective dose in order to implement estrogen therapy in the safest possible manner.
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Data Presented at The North American Menopause Society’s Annual Meeting Show
Today at The North American MenopauseSociety’s (NAMS) annual meeting, data presented from the first-ever surveymeasuring the impact of menopausal symptoms on U.S. business women showed thatthree-quarters of respondents (74 percent) with menopausal experience said atleast one symptom was disruptive to their lives. Almost half of therespondents (45 percent) said the menopause experience was worse than theyexpected.
“With women making up almost half of U.S. workers in 2004, and recenttrends showing that female baby boomers are expected to remain in theworkforce past retirement age, the effects of menopausal symptoms and thechoice of appropriate treatment are emerging as significant public healthissues,” said James A. Simon, MD, clinical professor of obstetrics andgynecology, George Washington University, Washington D.C., Medical Director,The Women’s Health Resource Center(R), Laurel, Maryland and immediate pastpresident of North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
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Menopausal women can cool down from hotflashes quickly without side effects thanks to a new product, Be Koool(R) HotFlash. Just place a portable, cooling gel strip on the back of the neck orelsewhere for immediate relief. The sanitary cooling gel strips don’t need to be refrigerated; can becarried in one’s purse to use anytime and are disposable. Be Koool Hot Flashcan be purchased at chain drugstores including Walgreens and Rite Aid or onthe Internet at Drugstore.com
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“Night and day.” That’s what Gina, who didn’t want her last name used, kept repeating to describe how the underwent a surgery nearly two years ago she said changed her life.
Gina, 52, said she expected menopause to be “lighter,” with the attendant hot flashes and “everything else that goes along with that.” “It didn’t happen,” she said.
Gina was diagnosed with mennorrahgia, or excessive menstrual bleeding found in some menopausal women, two years ago, a condition that caused her to bleed three weeks out of the month. “Oh, what were the adjectives,” the East Lyme resident said. “Constant, copious amounts of bleeding.” For her, it was an embarrassing problem that caused her great discomfort and pain.
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Hormonal changes can make women more sensitive to salt, raising blood pressure over time, study finds
Doctors have long known that a sensitivity to salt in the diet can help lead to high blood pressure in some people.
Now, a new study finds that hormonal changes following menopause can trigger this salt sensitivity in women previously unaffected by salt.
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When menopausal hot flashes caused sweat to run down Donna Cook’s face during business meetings, she joked to concerned colleagues, “I’m having my personal summer.” But for executives like Cook, menopause symptoms such as profuse sweating, nasty mood swings and memory lapses aren’t funny.
Cook, 54, felt self-conscious when she had to blot up sweat while giving presentations at System Planning Corp., an Arlington, Va., firm that does scientific research and government contract work. She said she would awake several times a night in drenching sweats after she stopped taking hormone replacement medication, which she had been on for about 10 years. “I would oversleep in the morning. I’d miss the alarm. I’d be late for work. I constantly felt like I was playing catch-up,” she said. Sometimes, she had trouble remembering how to do routine duties. Two years later, her symptoms are less frequent and severe, but her problem points to the embarrassment and loss of confidence suffered by many women executives at midlife.
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What Hollywood Doesn’t Tell You about Male Menopause; More Than Just Convertibles and Younger Women
For years, Americans watched as movies parodied the stereotypical signs of male mid-life crisis. We laughed as men suddenly started buying new convertibles, dating 20-something models and piercing their ears.
But Hollywood films like “Lost in Translation” and Bill Murray’s most recent movie, “Broken Flower”, are depicting the serious side of what experts are calling “male menopause.” Murray’s explorations are suddenly shedding new light on this dark subject.
“Symptoms like depression, moodiness, weight gain, loss of mental clarity and lack of sex drive are all tell-tale signs of male menopause,” says BodyLogicMD physician Dr. Gary Bernard, who is part of a network of anti-aging physicians specializing in treating male and female menopause with natural bioidentical hormones.
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CHICAGO — Eating soy-based foods lessens the progress of osteoporosis in women after menopause, when hormonal changes can rapidly thin bones and increase the risk of fractures, researchers said on Monday.
Bone loss is particularly quick in women during the five to seven years after menopause when a drop-off in estrogen levels may cause them to lose up to 5 percent of bone mass yearly, the report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine said.
Replacing estrogen through hormone replacement therapy has been found to carry health risks, including stroke, and soy protein has been viewed as a possible alternative.
Other ways for menopausal women to retard bone loss suggested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are to exercise more and increase consumption of calcium and vitamin D.
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