Natural Menopause Relief
Menopause affects every woman. Early menopause symptoms may include irregular periods, hot flashes, night sweats, sleep difficulties, vaginal dryness, mood swings, trouble focusing, and irritability.
Menopause is not a medical illness, but a normal part of aging and is considered natural when it occurs after the age of 40. But, some women can experience menopause early. [...]
Menopause Can Be Predicted Within A Year By New Hormone Data
For many women, including the growing number who choose later-in-life pregnancy, predicting their biological clock’s relation to the timing of their menopause and infertility is critically important. Now, investigators from the University of Michigan have provided new information about hormonal biomarkers that can address the beginning of the menopause transition.
Depomed Initiates Second Phase 3 Trial In Menopausal Hot Flashes
Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ:DEPO) announced today the enrollment and dosing of the first patient in Breeze 2, the second of two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials in Depomed’s registration program for DM-5689 (formerly referred to as Gabapentin GR®) for the treatment of menopausal hot flashes. Breeze 1, the first Phase 3 clinical trial, was initiated in September.
Danish Study Validates Combined Cyclical Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) With Monthly Menstrual Bleed
Wiley Systems, Inc. announced that a new Danish study featured in Europe’s leading cardiovascular journal suggests that women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should cycle their hormones to have a menstrual bleed.
Exercise Keeps Your Brain From Deteriorating
According to research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, brain power decline can be prevented and possibly even reversed by engaging in regular aerobic exercise.
Working Through The Menopause
Some women sail through it, others find it a challenge but few women like to talk openly about the menopause. With 70 per cent of women aged between 45 and 59 now in work, The University of Nottingham has been commissioned by the British Occupational Health Research Foundation to ask women, in total confidence, about their experience of working through the menopause. The menopause happens to all women, usually between the ages of 45 and 55.
Vitamin K, Osteoporosis, And Postmenopausal Women
According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine, postmenopausal women with osteopenia did not prevent age-related bone mineral density (BMD) decline after taking a daily high dose supplement of vitamin K1. However, Angela Cheung (University of Toronto) and colleagues also found that vitamin K1 may offer protection against fracture and cancer in these women.
Former Bond Girl Ursula Andress Urges Women To Say “Doctor: No” To Osteoporosis
Results of a new international survey announced today highlighted a radical shift in women’s attitudes towards osteoporosis, the bone-weakening disease. The traditional view of osteoporosis patients as frail and vulnerable women is shattered by an international survey of 500 doctors and 1,000 women in five countries. This survey found that 93% of respondents are determined not to let their osteoporosis prevent them from living life to the full1.
Clinical Trial Of A Genetically Tailored Therapy For Female Baldness To Start
Pharmacogenomics research and development innovator PharmaGenoma, Inc. and its subsidiary HairDX, LLC, today announced that it has received institutional review board (IRB) approval to begin a clinical trial of a genetically tailored therapy for female baldness (Androgenetic Alopecia).
Testing Interactions Of Black Cohosh And Tamoxifen Using Unique Model Of Breast Cancer
When it comes to understanding the effectiveness and safety of using herbal therapies with other drugs, much is unknown. Now, a University of Missouri researcher will study how black cohosh - an herbal supplement often used to relieve hot flashes in menopausal women - interacts with tamoxifen, a common drug used to treat breast cancer. As women age and reach menopause, their risk of developing breast cancer increases.
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