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Lori

posted 01/04/2009, comments (9)

want help

please, if anyone out there knows anything. . . i am 46, struggled with PMS most of my life. terrible cramping, mood, etc. terrible pregnancy mood into terrible labor then c-sections, then post part. depresn. my period has been dysfunctional to say the least. at times i need more sleep then not. 3 -4 am wake up time... Read more Chevron

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Sandy Greenquist

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posted 12/28/2008, comments (0)

Breast Cancer and Hormone Therapy

The facts and the fiction...there are a lot of both. I, for one, am ready for the media to stop replaying various takes on the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and alarming women with often erroneous, frequently skewed, stories based on that flawed study. The WHI released in 2002 investigated mostly older women (average age 64) who started... Read more Chevron

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Sandy Greenquist

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posted 12/19/2008, comments (4)

IS THERE SEX AFTER MENOPAUSE??

Well, the short answer is yes. The long answer has a few conditions and gets a bit more complicated. Loss of libido (sex drive) remains a common, usually untreated symptom in postmenopausal women, even though decades of studies universally show that replacement of testosterone has a significant impact on a number of parameters, including desire,... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/12/2008, comments (0)

Hormones and Mood - Before You Seek Out an Antidepressant or Sleep Pill, Consider Progesterone

It has long been stated that women in menopause do not experience more depression or mood disorders than at other times in life. However, as research continues to investigate this little understood life transition, important facts are emerging. It is, of course, necessary first to differentiate the episodes of mood alterations which may occur on... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/11/2008, comments (0)

Leaky Pipes and What To Do About Them

Most of us can deal with hot flashes (barely), the weight gain and the mood swings, but perhaps the MOST embarrassing and annoying aspect of menopause is urinary incontinence, "leaky pipes," as some TV commercials refer to it. It happens at this stage in our lives because of the loss of hormones in our vagina and lower... Read more Chevron

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