Menopause News articles from January 1999

Menopause News archives from January 1999

Drooping Pelvic Ligaments Allow Organs to Shift.
January 1, 1999... Estrogen seems to keep muscles and ligaments firm. Or maybe it is something else in our mix that holds us taut and in place. But over time, we notice weakened muscles; and drooping breasts and knee flesh. Why not droops on the inside? When our...

Let's Not Overestimate Health Science Research.
January 1, 1999... In the following talk at the North American Menopause Society, held in Toronto, September 16-19 1998, Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., a brilliant and pioneering researcher, warned about the pitfalls of overinterpreting health research...

Defining Our Terms.
January 1, 1999... * Laboratory study - Elaborates on hazard or benefit of substance. May be done on cells or tissue samples in a test tube ("in vitro") or in laboratory animals ("in vivo"). * Observational study - Commonly investigates possible risks or...

Important Menopause Research Finetunes Our Knowledge.
January 1, 1999... Over the past five years, three studies have emerged as important landmarks on the menopause landscape: the HERS study; PEPI; and the Harvard Nurses' Health Study. References are often made to these studies because they were well-designed and...

LUNEY.
January 1, 1999... By the light of the blue moon full moon half moon harvest moon sickle moon wolf moon. You of many names. Keeper of tides -- bodies of water, bodies. Woman tides. Sister moon Release me. Your huge eye in...

Letters.
January 1, 1999... I was just put on Provera by my gynecologist and was wondering about it. I have had nonstop hot flashes and night sweats for several months and need my life back. I am teaching and need a good night's rest. So this is a first step. J.E....

"No, It's Not Hot In Here".(Review)
January 1, 1999... "No, It's Not Hot in Here" Dick Roth Ant Hill Press (170 ppgs) $19.95 Georgetown, Mass. 1999 Well, it is refreshing to read a book about menopause written by a man, and one who is not a health practitioner. This man's credentials are...

Staying Current.
January 1, 1999... Fractures. A study reported in the September 10, 1998, New England Journal of Medicine, concluded that "postmenopausal women with undetectable serum [blood] estradiol concentrations and high serum concentrations of sex hormone-binding globulin...