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Researchers Link Smoking to Early Onset of Menopause

Both of my parents were smokers. My father finally quit when Mom had a suspicious lump in her breast when I was a child. (The lump turned out to be nothing; however, Dad held to his pledge to stop smoking.) Mom, on the other hand, kept smoking until the late 1990s, when she was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).  I... Read moreChevron
posted 06/08/2011, comments (0)|
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Nervous System Damage During Menopause Linked to Burning Mouth Syndrome

Who knew that changes that result from going through menopause could be the culprit that causes some women to have a painful mouth? New research that’s just been published in the May/June 29011 issue of General Dentistry has linked damage to a woman’s nervous system that may occur during menopause to “burning mouth... Read moreChevron
posted 05/31/2011, comments (0)|
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Go Fish! Adding Baked/Broiled Fish to Diet Can Really Benefit Menopausal Women

There’s nothing fishy about this news. The American Heart Association is reporting the results of a new study that found that postmenopausal women who frequently ate baked or broiled fish were at lower risk of developing heart failure. This large-scale study, which was reported in Circulation: Heart Failure (an American Heart Association... Read moreChevron
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Testing Now Available to Determine Your Longevity - What Would You Do?

If you’re like me, you realize that your window of time on this planet is increasingly limited. So would you like to know how long you have?  There’s a new blood test that can predict how long you’ll be alive. According to The Independent, the test measures telomeres, which are the tips of chromosomes, to determine if a... Read moreChevron
posted 05/25/2011, comments (0)|
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Wait Weight - Don't Tell Me! Is It Menopause or Is It Aging?

One of the challenges of entering middle age is a weight gain. But what’s behind this sudden addition of pounds to our frames? “Most women find that they put on some weight at midlife that they just can’t seem to take off,” write Barbara Seaman and Laura Eldridge in their book, The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause.... Read moreChevron

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