How you can live with menopause
Menopause is an important phase in a woman's life that affects women mentally and physically. Menopause is rarely spoken about in public, but the following points will help answer your doubts on...
View ArticleVitamin D And Calcium Controversy
There's a controversy brewing over your bones. Earlier this year, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended that postmenopausal women refrain from taking supplemental calcium and...
View ArticleThe end of fertility
Menopause marks the permanent cessation of menstruation, and can only be confirmed when there are no periods for 12 consecutive months. THE menopause is a natural event that occurs in all women. It is...
View ArticleSaffron: a natural way to spice up low moods
MORE and more people are suffering from depression globally, including in South Africa. By 2020, depression is expected to be the world’s second-leading cause of disability. Within that tragedy is...
View ArticleMenopause Symptoms: Women Report Strange Sensations Beyond The Common Signs
Medical mystery or menopause? Odd change-of-life conditions are creating lots of confusion. By Meryl Davids Landau Leanne Emerson was 37 when she stepped into an elevator and, for the first time, felt...
View ArticleMenopause hormone use not linked with cognitive problems
By Rachael RettnerPublished June 25, 2013LiveScience Women who start taking hormone replacement therapy in their early 50s do not appear to be at increased risk of cognitive problems later in life, a...
View ArticleDoes hormone therapy taken during menopause affect a woman’s cognitive...
HORMONE THERAPY Hormone therapy used during menopause does not seem to affect a woman’s cognitive abilities More health and science news‘Alarm fatigue’ at hospitals poses risks for patients Lena H....
View ArticleHormone Replacement Therapy Increases Brain Tumor Risk
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) – also referred to estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) and menopausal hormone therapy – is typically employed by women wishing to replenish a depleted source of female...
View ArticleFDA says antidepressant Paxil may help women with hot flashes
DENVER — It”s something all women will face at mid-life — menopause. Symptoms can begin as early as the late 40s and last for an entire decade. Many women will experience fatigue and irritability, but...
View ArticleHormone replacement therapy controversy has too many in menopause limbo
After a decade of rancorous debate over the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy, experts from more than a dozen top medical organizations worldwide have finally come to something...
View ArticleEminem says addiction to painkillers and other prescription drugs nearly...
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Rapper Eminem says in a new documentary that his addiction to the prescription drugs Vicodin, Xanax and Valium nearly killed him. The drug abuse landed Eminem in the hospital, with a...
View ArticleNon-hormonal treatment for hot flashes gains FDA approval
“There are a significant number of women who suffer from hot flashes associated with menopause and who cannot or do not want to use hormonal treatments. This new approval provides them with a new...
View ArticleSunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Announces FDA Approval of Latuda® (lurasidone...
First Atypical Antipsychotic Indicated for the Treatment of Major Depressive Episodes Associated with Bipolar I Disorder (Bipolar Depression) Both as Monotherapy and as Adjunctive Therapy with Either...
View ArticleFinding a balance: Lasting confusion over the safety of hormone replacement...
After a decade of rancorous debate over the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy, experts from more than a dozen top medical organizations worldwide have finally come to something...
View ArticleFinding a balance: Lasting confusion over the safety of hormone replacement...
After a decade of rancorous debate over the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy, experts from more than a dozen top medical organizations worldwide have finally come to something...
View ArticleNew drug treating hot flashes without hormones (Video)
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a common treatment for the signs and symptoms of menopause Many women, however, cannot be treated with hormones due to other medical conditions. Other may be...
View ArticleFlash: this new drug is not so new
It seems we are going soft on Pharma these days, if coverage of the FDA marketing clearance of the drug named Brisdelle is any indication. Manufactured by Noven Pharmaceuticals, Brisdelle was cleared...
View ArticleFDA approves nonhormonal treatment for hot flashes
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new nonhormonal medication to relieve hot flashes and night sweats in women experiencing menopause. Brisdelle contains paroxetine, the active...
View ArticleNoven wins FDA approval for first non-hormonal drug to treat menopausal...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new, non-hormonal medication for treating hot flashes and night sweats in women that was developed by Miami-based Noven Pharmaceuticals. The...
View ArticleFirst nonhormonal treatment for hot flashes, Brisdelle, approved by FDA
Women with uncomfortable hot flashes now have a medication option that doesn't involve hormones. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first nonhormonal drug to treat moderate to severe...
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