Menopause News articles from July 1997

Menopause News archives from July 1997

Why replace estrogen?
July 1, 1997... For many women, the answer to the question, why replace estrogen, is not easy. Some answer it on instinct, some on trust, some on information, and some, with hopefulness, trying to find a way to feel better. Some answer it by default. On...

Questions, questions, questions. (about menopause care)(Editorial)
July 1, 1997... How do we answer our questions and how do we qualify our answers? Whom do we trust? What do we trust? Whom do we believe? The research? Our bodies' messages? Our physicians? Books and the media? I have to say that the women I talk to are...

Women's Health Initiative seeks women 60-79.
July 1, 1997... Just at the end of July, 1997, the massive Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) completed its recruitment of Caucasian women under the age of 60. It is now enrolling only women between the ages of 60-79 and non-Caucasian women. One of the...

Ambivalence motivates WHI participation. (Women's Health Initiative)
July 1, 1997... I'm basically a skeptical person. I think that when we are putting millions of women on hormones, or anything, for the rest of their lives. someone has a giant money-making project. For a while, it seemed every day I was reading something...

What Every Woman Needs to Know About Menopause: The Years Before, During, and After.
July 1, 1997... Each "general" menopause book actually has a unique perspective that the author(s) bring to it. I approach each new book attempting to define and explain that uniqueness. In this case, Mary Jane Minkin, M.D.'s particular warmth,...

I'm Not as Old as I Used to Be: Reclaiming Your Life in the Second Half.
July 1, 1997... This is an easy read and an inspiring one. It's written by a surgeon's wife who began a new career to combat empty nest loneliness and boredom. A busy mother of four and an active community wife, she found herself wanting more than...