Menopause News articles from May 1995

Menopause News archives from May 1995

More intense PMS: early signs of menopause. (premenstrual syndrome)
May 1, 1995... Menopause can begin at any time from age 38 to 55; the average age for menopause is still given as 51. How do you know if your mid-life transition has begun? So many women want to know: am I in menopause? when can I expect menopause? what can I...

Researchers talk about hormones and your heart.
May 1, 1995... Wulf Utian, M.D., Ph.D., founder of the North American Menopause Society, and Frederick Naftolin, M.D., D.Phil. and professor and chairman of the Ob/Gyn Department at Yale University School of Medicine, both spoke about menopause and hormones at...

Study shows acupuncture mitigates hot flashes.
May 1, 1995... A small study of 21 women revealed that hot flashes were mitigated by regular 30-minute acupuncture treatment. Half of the women, aged 47 to 62, were treated with classical acupuncture and the other half with superficial needle insertion. Both...

Will the wise women please stand up? (on creating a role for the older woman in society)
May 1, 1995... Are we asking the right questions of ourselves and of our society as we pass through menopause? This is the question that concerns Claire Boskins, LICSW, in her work with women in their 50s and 60s. "I know in my practice and in my colleagues'...

Better late than never. (woman tells of experience with menopause)
May 1, 1995... I was beginning to feel like my daughter, who, at 18, sadly called herself The Last American Virgin (LAV) - a term popular among her high school peers at the time. As I recall, she even saw a therapist (briefly) to discuss what she considered her...

Women's Health Companion: Self-Help Nutrition Guide and Cookbook.
May 1, 1995... Susan Lark's passion is healthy women, and she knows nutrition is one way to get there. It's a way to ease PMS, endometriosis, fibroids, menopause, arthritis, allergies. Dr. Lark's knowledge of nutrition and self-help prevention is deep and...

The Spiral Way: A Woman's Healing Journey.
May 1, 1995... To all appearances, Lydia is doing just fine, but she is actually depressed and feels a void at the center of her being. At age 50, she enters a five-year Jungian analysis. This is the story of 36 of her selected dreams and Dr. Carotenuto's...