Menopause News articles from January 1994

Menopause News archives from January 1994

Contraception: time to reevaluate?
January 1, 1994... One of the more recent trends in contraception for mid-life women is the prescription of a low dose birth control pill. According to Dr. Brian Walsh, reproductive endocrinologist and director of Brigham and Women's Menopause Gynecological...

Intimacy: who has it, and why?
January 1, 1994... Intimacy comes in three flavors: physical, emotional, and sexual. And some couples mix them up. You may be asking for more intimacy and you mean you want to talk more. That's emotional intimacy. He may be saying he wants more intimacy and he...

It was a delicate issue. (coping with vaginal dryness and sexual reticence)
January 1, 1994... I want to share my experience coping with vaginal dryness coupled with sexual reticence. It was a delicate issue, but the story has a happy ending. I am 52, and I think I began noticing menopausal changes about ten years ago. I had flashes...

Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Sex.
January 1, 1994... This book was a real find, and I don't know why it was so hard to find. It was sent to me by its editor when I mentioned I was looking for a book about sexual intimacy for mid-life women. Just its title excited me. That was what I wanted...

A New View of a Woman's Body: A Fully Illustrated Guide by the Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centers.
January 1, 1994... Prepare yourself with A New View of a Woman's Body, a fully illustrated guide by the Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centers for a very interesting and thorough get-acquainted meeting with your glans, hood, clitoris, perineal sponge, os,...

You can't please all the people. (midlife women and sexuality) (Editorial)
January 1, 1994... I began writing this newsletter by going back to Germaine Greer's The Change and rereading some chapters: "Age and the Single Crone," "The Aged Wife," "The Hardy Perennials." I selected some quotes I planned to scatter throughout: "If sex...