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Safe and sound: avoid the risks of HRT with these natural alternatives.(Brief Article)
Susan Albers of Boulder, Colorado, is in a quandary. For years, she depended on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to relieve perimenopausal symptoms of hot flashes, night sweats, sleeplessness and mood swings. But last July, the National Institutes of Health halted its Women's Health Initiative Study after HRT was linked to breast cancer, blood clots, stroke and heart attack. Albers, like many women, discontinued treatment.
That left Albers wondering what to do about her menopausal symptoms. As many as 75 percent of women experience physical distress during menopause. And 25 percent have severe symptoms, according to Carolle Jean-Murat, MD, director of the ...
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1/3 The women of the generation...of aging - menopause. A biological...affects every woman sooner or...Almost all menopause symptoms are...hormone. Every woman's perimenopause and menopause experience...experts, most women have one or...
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...The "Not Our Mother's Menopause: Challenges & Choices for Women Working Through the Change...the growing impact of menopause on women in business. "Women...manager for RemiFemin Menopause. "Women have more options than...
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...Just as every woman's body is unique, your menopause experience...percent of women experience...experience menopause two years earlier...nonsmoking women. About six...to natural menopause, typically in a woman's late 40s...
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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 December 2006-ACCC: Menopause Institute admits deceiving its patients about menopause treatments(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20122006 The Menopause Institute of Australia has admitted misleading...
- Menopause
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...described symptoms of menopause and invited physicians...of attention. Women in the late nineteenth...twentieth century, menopause was seen as...death of the woman in the woman...The average woman of 51 years can...life, making menopause more a transitional...that occur when ...
- Premature Menopause
- Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. Tuteur, Amy January 1, 2006 700+ words
...how old the woman is. The...premature menopause are similar...stop and women may notice...premature menopause is infertility. A woman may find...in elderly women. Luteinizing...menstruation. Menopause — The end of a woman's reproductive...
- The Menopause Industry: How the Medical Establishment Exploits Women. (book...
- Magazine article from: The Network News MacPherson, Kathleen I. May 1, 1995 700+ words
...and believes that when women are given accurate knowledge...of the manipulation of menopause by the industry's vested...book that a minority of women will experience ill health or problems related to menopause. These women often, but not always...
- Menopause: by reading this article and writing a practive profile, you can gain...
- Magazine article from: Nursing Standard Abernethy, Kathy N August 6, 2003 700+ words
...their health during and following the menopause. Key words * Hormone replacement therapy * Menopause * Women's health These key words are based...some of the long-term effects of menopause. Women want to know what symptoms to expect...
