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• Mayo Clinic asks if male menopause (aka "andropause") is real?

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:39 pm

  Tags: Health Diet Exercise, Aging, Health, Men, Menopause, Middle Age, Research, Feature

  "male menopause" real? Absolutely says the Mayo Clinic but the term is somewhat misleading because it is quite unlike the more dramatic female counterpart. In men, the hormone changes occur gradually, over a period of many years and the effects are subtle--often not noticed until later in life. For this reason, many prefer the term

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• Broadsides: Thank God Donatella Versace Makes Fashion, Not Babies

  Published: August 1, 2007, 5:45 pm

  Tags: Abortion, Boxing, Broadsides, Hiv, Italian Women, Menopause, Obituaries, Pregnancy

  Italian women over the age of 40 are having more babies than similarly-aged women in any other western industrialized country. But the U.S. is not far behind! [Guardian] Speaking of wombs: A group... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Statement regarding the use of bisphenol A [Neurotopia (version 2.0)]

  Published: August 3, 2007, 2:20 pm

  Tags: Menopause

  The LA Times has an interesting story about a statement regarding the use of bisphenol A, a compound that has many uses in the plastics industry and also happens to have estrogenic effects. The scientists -- including four from federal health agencies -- reviewed about 700 studies before concluding that people are exposed to levels of the

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• Mayo Clinic Asks: Is Male Menopause (aka "Andropause") Real?

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:39 pm

  Tags: Health Diet Exercise, Aging, Health, Men, Menopause, Middle Age, Research, Feature

  "male menopause" real? Absolutely says the Mayo Clinic but the term is somewhat misleading because it is quite unlike the more dramatic female counterpart. In men, the hormone changes occur gradually, over a period of many years and the effects are subtle--often not noticed until later in life. For this reason, many prefer the term

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• End Of Days: Bush Daughter To Wed, Possibly Reproduce; Deluge Drowns Lone Star State

  Published: August 16, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: End Of Days, Infertility, Iraq, Jenna Bush, Marriage, Menopause, Prostitution

  This afternoon, from the Bush compound in Crawford, Texas, came the news that First daughter Jenna Bush and her boyfriend of two years, Karl Rove minion and Republispawn Henry Hager, are engaged and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Half of menopausal women settle for less sex, poll reveals

  Published: August 18, 2007, 7:47 am

  Tags: Finances, Health, Sex, Menopause

  founder of the Red Hot Mamas Menopause Management Educational Programs. The “Sex and Menopause Survey” also found: 75% of women who experienced vaginal atrophy (vaginal narrowing or shrinkage), said they had less sex since entering menopause, with 68% experiencing pain during active sex. 88% said their symptoms were problematic. 47%

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• Flaxseed can reduce hot flashes

  Published: September 6, 2007, 4:44 am

  Tags: Flaxseed, Hot Flashes, Hotflashes, Menopause

  Filed under: Cancer prevention foodsA pilot study from the Mayo clinic, led by Dr. Pruthi, finds that adding flaxseed to the diet can reduce hot flashes in postmenopausal women who do not take estrogen replacements. The findings were published in the Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology.Hormone replacement therapy was commonly

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• Does Menopause Cause Many Women To Initiate A Divorce?

  Published: September 19, 2007, 6:13 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Brain Health, Relationships, Divorce, Happiness, Marriage, Menopause, Women

  change comes about with the menopause - the last big hormonal change - after which the brain is no longer subjected to the surges and fluctuating hormones which came with the menstrual cycle and resulting in moodiness, depression and even the ability to see insults when they were not intended. ... throughout the child-bearing years, the female

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• Does the Mediterranean diet cause diseases ?

  Published: September 23, 2007, 10:41 am

  Tags: Health Diet Exercise, Alzheimer Amp 039 S Disease, Brain Health, Children, Depression, Health, Longevity, Menopause, Research, Self Help, Tips, Women, Opinion, Website Review Tip, Discussion

  It's not difficult to find people that ask questions like: * What are the drawbacks for doing the Mediterranean diet? * Does the Mediterranean diet cause diseases? * What are the Mediterranean diet dangers? I did a little research in forums, social media, newspapers and medical magazines and I didn't find anything that confirm that

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• Hot flashes and fried food

  Published: September 26, 2007, 4:53 pm

  Tags: Cancer, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Survivor, Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Treatment, Arimidex, Menopause

  Hot flashes have not been a major problem for me during treatment for my breast cancer or after removal of my ovaries. Having said that, I have been experiencing an increase in incidence and intensity of hot flashes over the last couple of days. I can actually attribute this to eating fried fatty foods. I rarely if ever eat anything fried, so the

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• Oprah's Health Wake Up Call Came from Her Thyroid

  Published: October 17, 2007, 3:30 pm

  Tags: Celebrity, Dr Christiane Northrup, Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Menopause, Oprah Winfrey, Thyroid

  According to The Wisdom of Menopause author Dr. Christiane Northrup, 25 percent of perimenopausal and menopausal women experience some kind of issue with their thyroid at some time, and most women don't know the cause of their deteriorating health. I, for one, hope that with Oprah highlighting this issue that it receives more attention, both

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• Broadsides: Cameron "Crater Face" Diaz Feels Our Pimple Pain

  Published: October 22, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Adult Acne, Breast Cancer, Broadsides, Male Menopause, Manners, Motherhood, Survival, Teenage Pregnancy

  Something Cameron Diaz and that goiter on our forehead parading as a pimple have known forever: Women are more likely than men to suffer from adult acne. [Science Daily] A woman whose canoe capsized... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Nice Knockers: A twofer from Down Under: Luana De Favari, ...

  Published: October 24, 2007, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Australia, Foreplay, Menopause, Nice Knockers

  A twofer from Down Under: Luana De Favari, an Australian barmaid famous for crushing beer cans between her breasts and dangling spoons from her nipples was fired and fined $1,000 for breaching the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Sex lessons for 'cranky' miners

  Published: October 25, 2007, 1:44 pm

  Tags: Asia, Advice, Attempt, Being, Boost, Bosses, Briefings, Bulga, Coal, Cranky, Culture, Disease, Employees, Fatigue, Foreplay, Given, Gives, Happier, Healthier, Included, James, Lessons, Lifestyles, Makes, Managers, Menopause, Miners, Nutrition, Predominantly, Productive, Rickards, Sex

  The Australians must have a unique sense of humour. However, this is a good policy, worthy of emulation. read more

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• Britney's Not Crazy. She's Just On Deadline. [Broadsides]

  Published: October 26, 2007, 4:10 pm

  Tags: Boarding School, Breast Cancer, Broadsides, Halloween Costumes, Menopause, Obits, Oprah, Stress

  A new study says that women are more stressed than men. We really don't have time to be reading and writing about studies like this because we totally have a big Powerpoint presentation to get and we... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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