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A newsletter of health information, support, and exchange for women during menopause and/or mid-life. Coverage includes new drugs; procedures, alternative therapies and complementary medicine; specific diseases and conditions (such as heart disease, osteo
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A Friend Indeed archives from January 1 2006
The overmarketing of antidepressants.(Interview)
January 1, 2006... Janet Currie, a health policy analyst and researcher in Vancouver, has written a report entitled The Marketization of Depression: Prescribing SSRI Antidepressants to Women, recently published by Women and Health Protection (WHP), a coalition of...
Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2006... Depression is one of midlife women's biggest concerns. That's why when I read Janet Currie's report on the Marketization of SSRIs, I knew I wanted to talk to her about her findings. The result is the Q&A cover feature this month. Janet is...
The exchange.(Q A)(Interview)
January 1, 2006... DEAR AFI: After a recent bone density scan, I just received a diagnosis of osteoporosis. Before being put on medication, my doctor did one further simple blood test for calcium, vitamin D and parathyroid hormone (PTH). It turns out that I have...
Watch those trans-fatty acids!(NUTRITION)
January 1, 2006... Heart disease kills women. In fact, each year more middle -age and older women die from cardiovascular disease than breast cancer. The good news is that your risk of heart disease can be greatly reduced through lifestyle...
Here's to a healthy New Year!(FITNESS)
January 1, 2006... It's 2006 and you're hoping that your New Year's resolution to exercise on a regular basis will last all year long. Sure, there'll be obstacles--like bad weather and other people's needs--but there are ways to deal with each and every one of...
Women tough out heart disease.(HOTFLASHES)
January 1, 2006... In a clinical research study entitled Gender and Perceived Severity of Cardiac Disease: Evidence that Women are "Tougher," researchers at the College of Pharmacy and Cardiovascular Health Center, University of Michigan, found that women rated...
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!
January 1, 2006... EVE's Quest, created by Montrealers Joanna Broadhurst and Odette McCarthy, is a new trivia game that "cheers women's achievements, honours their struggles, reclaims language and helps us learn about women." The object of the game is, of course,...
Prunes, colas & the tango?(HOTFLASHES)
January 1, 2006... Prunes seem to not only keep women regular but they also may reverse bone loss--in rats that is--so says a study from the Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University. (Menopause, Vol....