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Top Ten Countdown Tips for Menopause

by Dini Petty with Marion T. Marshall Medical herbalist>> more...

Heart Health in Menopause

Women in the menopausal years have good reason to be considerate of their heart health. As people age, blood platelets tend to increase, meaning that blood consistency is thicker, stickier. This fact brings risk due to higher pressure in blood vessels and strain on the heart muscle to move this more resistant load. This also means that there is a potential to form blood clots. This is a serious concern because a blood clot can travel through larger arteries and can lodge itself in the heart, lungs or brain causing a medical emergency.>> more...

When Fat is Fabulous!

In discussions today, it is not uncommon to hear people discuss fat in their diet as if it were something to avoid. Many people review their cholesterol levels to determine if they are at risk for heart disease. Or they look at their weight and wonder why it won't budge. A third condition that is impacted by low fat levels is the Menopause. All hormones are made up from cholesterol molecules as their starting point. Ironically, fat causes all of these problems and fat will resolve them too.>> more...

Getting the best out of the best years

Are you getting old before your time? Do you feel a bit cranky, tired, achy, or find yourself wondering if dementia might strike?>> more...

Aging Well

As a young reporter for Citypulse news/ City TV there were certain interviews that our news director believed were "woman's work", children, animals, decorating and human interest which included the 100 year old Birthday parties. The routine was always the same. I'd contact the family member who'd called CITY TV to hear how amazing Aunt Marge was, how she had all her wits about her and at age 100 was all there. At first I believed>> more...

Tonic Herbs Restore Health

A tonic herbal remedy is defined in many ways by different traditions. The Chinese classify a tonic as the most superior type of herb and in order to be in this class it must be an herb that has a balancing action and can be taken regularly for long periods of time. In western herbal medicine, tonics are often called adaptogens. There are numerous definitions, and all of them agree that tonics are used to build strength, vigor and vitality.>> more...

What you need to know about Hormone Replacement Therapy

Doctors still recommend HRT and in many cases, antidepressants for women suffering with symptoms. Other treatments for menopausal symptoms, such as Bio-identical hormones as well as many patches and creams, are similar to HRT in that they are delivered as large amounts of crude, isolated, synthetic hormone. Low dose is only a relative term when you are comparing it to a previous dose; it is not low in comparison to normal physiological output.>> more...

Phytoestrogens in mung bean are protective to women's health and can not be compared to the problems related to soy.

A phytoestrogen is not estrogen. It is estimated to be 500 to 1000 times weaker than the estradiol molecule and acts only in a protective way according to volumes of research. Soy is also safe when used in the traditional fermented forms of miso, tamari, tempeh, but causes problems when used as soy milk or overly processed meat and cheese substitutes.>> more...

Sex, Skin & The Menopausal Woman

When it comes to sex, the two most reported complaints of women over 40 are low libido (a low desire for sex), and vaginal dryness. Perhaps an even bigger complaint is dry, sagging skin, especially on the face, which affects confidence in one's own attractiveness; an aspect of sexual function. Some women just accept that this is how it's going to be, while for others, it is of great concern. The good news is that they can be improved or returned to normal by bringing balance back to the hormonal messengers that assist this aspect of the body's function.>> more...

Menopause and Mood

For some women the connection between menopausal changes and an undesirable mental state is obvious. For others it is more subtle. But regardless of how it presents itself, mood changes are commonly associated with hormonal swings, and often go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed in women from 40 to 90 years of age. A recent trend has been for doctors to prescribe antidepressants. This has become a concern because a drug can only manage symptoms but does so with potential risks to long term health. Side effects of SSRI's, the most commonly prescribed type of antidepressant drug, are gastric irritability, intractable weight gain, sexual dysfunction, and insomnia A 2005 study in Britain concludes that this class of drugs have no clinical advantage over placebo. Dizziness is another problem; in elderly women; there are more falls and fractures in women taking SSRI's than in those who are not.>> more...

The Calcium Conundrum: Menopause affects bone maintenance activity

The most common causes are medications (especially for thyroid), and the imbalance of hormonal activity in menopause. The latter, is a time of life when hormone balance is put to it's test. Decreased uptake of estrogen will affect the activity of bone maintenance. It is a complex discussion and warrants further investigation in each individual case, but one thing is clear: women who maintain hormonal balance, will have stronger bones.>> more...

About Perimenopause

Menopause is medically defined as the time when menstrual cycles have been absent for one year and generally applies to women over 40 years of age, but most often occurs over 50. It is surgically induced in women who have hysterectomies, and can be induced by surgery to prevent fertility (tubal ligation).>> more...