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Low levels of estrogen in the brain may raise women’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. A report, appearing in this week’s online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, appears to be the first to show such an association. The findings could lead to new drug candidates to help prevent the debilitating disease, experts say.
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Hair loss, hot flashes, memory loss, lowered sex drive, heavy menstruation, weight gain — these are just a few of as many as 34 symptoms of menopause.
Add to the intrusive and disturbing physical aspects, the emotional ups-and-downs of mood swings, insomnia and feeling about as unattractive as you’ve ever felt.
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Joei Smith, 58, has made peace with life without hormone replacement therapy. She says she survives hot flashes, insomnia, and what she delicately describes as a tendency towards “oversensitivity,” with a daily dose of Vitamin E. Robin Elson remains unsure of what to do. At 55, she’s suffering symptoms of menopause, but is reluctant to fill her HRT prescription “because I’d like to try to get through this without drugs.”
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Menopause, while daunting, isn’t necessarily as bad as many women may have heard it is, according to two experts on The Early Show Wednesday. Dr. Michelle P. Warren, Medical Director of the Center for Menopause, Hormonal Disorders and Women’s Health at Columbia University Medical Center, and More magazine Editor in Chief Peggy Northrop, sought to dispel, and confirm, common notions about the midlife change for women.
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A study of gorillas at 17 North American zoos found that, similar to women, they undergo menopause. Led by Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo, the study is the first to document the hormonal change in gorillas, reports LiveScience.com.
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Like all doctors who graduated from medical schools in the last several decades, Dr. C.W. Randolph Jr. was trained that synthetic hormone replacement therapy was the treatment for women suffering the dreaded symptoms of hormonal changes.
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Can tea be a cure for hot flashes? In this Healthy Living Report learn why some women are turning to the East for relief.For centuries, millions of Japanese women have relied on a tea concoction to help them with hot flashes.It’s a tea called Keishi Bukyro.
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Aging changes in the male reproductive system may include changes in testicular tissue, sperm production, and erectile function. These changes usually occur gradually.
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MENOPAUSE is not a disease. It is a phase in every woman’s life that occurs as a result of declining hormonal (oestrogen and progesterone) levels. When the levels of these hormones plummet, as in the case of menopause, it gives rise to a host of undesirable effects, including hot flushes, night sweats, mood swings and so on.
Loss of these hormones can also make bones porous and brittle, a condition known as osteoporosis.
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Few women give menopause much thought until they’re in the midst of this mysterious, often-bewildering process. Share in one woman’s experience
Until a few months ago, I was in blissful denial about menopause. A 49-year-old social worker and writer, I firmly believed that menopause was something that only happened to ‘old women’ – and I wasn’t old!
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Menopause Articles | admin December 25, 2005 | 
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