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25th September 2009
Colorado has a reputation as one of the healthiest places to live in the country. Lots of skiers and healthy outdoors types usually come to mind. Denver Schools are doing their best to make that perception a reality. Denver Public Schools Student Services... Read >
Author: wbdoyle18th September 2009
Calcium has been recommended and widely accepted as an essential mineral for bone and skeletal health and numerous body functions-regulating heartbeat, conducting nerve impulses, stimulating hormonal secretions and clotting the blood. Now, some conflictin... Read >
Author: wbdoyle09th July 2009
In February 2006, the findings of an $18 million double-blind placebo-controlled study were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. This study was conducted by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and was on the protective effect of calcium and ... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer07th July 2009
Individuals with private health insurance keep off weight after having weight-loss procedure than those covered by the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly, and handicapped, according toU.S. researchers said Monday.
Furthermore, researchers ... Read >
Author: Ray07th July 2009
Individuals with their own health insurance lose more weight after having weight-loss procedure than those covered by the Medicare health insurance plan for older, and handicapped, according toU.S. researchers said Monday.
Furthermore, researchers claim ... Read >
Author: Ray27th June 2009
Acai Berry Research - Is Acai Berry Really the Food of the Gods?Have a better night sleep and improve mental clarity & focus with South Beach Acai. Free Trial Offer!The Dubious Benefit - does the Acai Berry contain more antioxidants than any other food? D... Read >
Author: Ned Mcdaniel14th June 2009
Menopause is the stage in a woman’s life when the menstrual cycle stops. This is not a disease; rather it is a natural process in a woman’s life. However, the stage when a woman has her menopause could be a very painful and mentally debilitating stage... Read >
Author: clickforhowto307th May 2009
There are more than six thousand women who go into menopause every day. Most of them are looking for ways to relieve the symptoms including hot flashes, sleeplessness, low libido (sex drive), hair loss, moodiness, and more.
Hormone Replacement Therapy ... Read >
Author: kgabriel07th April 2009
Millions of women are in search of menopausal relief while their younger counterparts struggle with PMS. Confusion about the safety of available treatments for their symptoms often keeps women from getting any help at all.
After the Women’s Health In... Read >
Author: Dr. Patricia Beckstead05th April 2009
Millions of women are in search of menopausal relief while their younger counterparts struggle with PMS. Confusion about the safety of available treatments for their symptoms often keeps women from getting any help at all.
After the Women’s Health Init... Read >
Author: Dr. Patricia Beckstead05th April 2009
Millions of women are in search of menopausal relief while their younger counterparts struggle with PMS. Confusion about the safety of available treatments for their symptoms often keeps women from getting any help at all.
After the Women’s Health In... Read >
Author: Dr. Patricia Beckstead10th March 2009
For many years researchers believed that hormone therapy was beneficial for heart health. Medical practitioners routinely prescribed hormone replacement therapy to women as a preventative measure for heart disease. However, several important studies, such... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON09th March 2009
Co-author is Dr. James Watson.
In 2006, results from the world’s largest low fat diet project were published (see reference at end). This was a US government-funded study of 48,835 postmenopausal women in a multicenter prospective, randomized clinic... Read >
Author: Mai Brooks01st February 2009
Breast cancer is the most widespread type of cancer identified in women, apart from skin cancer. Nearly one third (32%) of every cancers identified in women are breast cancer.
A number of factors may have an effect on breast cancer incidence and play a... Read >
Author: Mc Ezzia31st January 2009
Baby boomer women are either in or entering menopause, and they are beginning to realize that living without their hormones is miserable, if not dangerous.
There has been alot of media attention lately educating consumers about menopause and bioidentic... Read >
Author: kgabriel09th January 2009
A recent Danish study on healthy hormone replacement therapy (HRT)suggests that women must cycle their hormones and have a menstrual bleed to be truly safe from cardiovascular events. The study found that overall there was no increased risk of heart attac... Read >
Author: kgabriel18th December 2008
Back in 1992 the food pyramid was introduced and then in 2005 it was updated. This became the bench mark that was to be followed and advised for nutritional health. Maybe the intentions were good but both pyramids are greatly flawed and misconceptions w... Read >
26th November 2008
A recent study, called the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), found that risks outweigh benefits. The WHI found that Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) drugs caused increases in breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots. The risk to an individ... Read >
Author: John Russell23rd October 2008
It is generally agreed by many physicians that the primary reason for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is symptom relief from menopause, with less emphasis on using hormone therapy for disease prevention. It is important that the woman know all risks an... Read >
Author: John Russell08th October 2008
A national study recently revealed telling facts regarding fat loss low-fat diets and their benefits relating to cancer and heart disease. A study concluded by the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) and Stanford University noted that a low-fat diet, alone,... Read >
Author: Allen Jesson08th October 2008
A national study recently revealed telling facts regarding fat loss low-fat diets and their benefits relating to cancer and heart disease. A study concluded by the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) and Stanford University noted that a low-fat diet, alone,... Read >
Author: Allen Jesson08th September 2008
When a woman becomes older and enters the menopausal stage of her life, she will often be given a prescription for the side effects associated with menopause. Usually a hormone replacement therapy or combined hormone replacement therapy (CHRT) are given, ... Read >
Author: Legal17th August 2008
It is the natural biomimetic rhythm that is missing from most hormone replacement therapies which women in menopause are taking today to feel better, avoid hot flashes, and increase libido. People have become accustomed to talking about bio-identical horm... Read >
Author: kgabriel21st May 2008
As one of the solutions for hot flashes and menopause, DHEA holds a lot of promise, but is it a magic pill?
The symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, night sweats, fatigue and insomnia are serious for many women and they are looking for natural me... Read >
Author: Randy Hough07th May 2008
Is your weight problem genetic?
Not necessarily.
Truth is, obesity genes are responsible for just 5 percent of all weight problems.
So what causes the rest?
Harvard Medical School's Dr. David Ludwig has the answer. His groundbreaking research ... Read >
Author: Mark Hyman, M.D.07th March 2008
Any woman interested in bio-identical hormones should know the
difference between natural hormones (bhrt) and synthetic
hormones (hrt). Bio-identical hormones are derived from yams or
soy and are the chemical replicates of the exact hormone found in... Read >
Author: Jill Muchmore19th October 2007
When it comes to herbs for women, that is to specifically address women’s problems, there are three important medicinal herbs, each of which have a long track record of use and effectiveness.Black Cohosh Firstly there is Black Cohosh, cimicifugae racemo... Read >
Author: Ian Finlayson02nd October 2007
About 25 million women enter menopause annually. Estimates show that by the year 2030, that number will increase to 47 million women per year. Relief of menopausal symptoms such as improved sleep could translate into a more productive woman whether she wo... Read >
Author: kgabriel05th July 2007
Inappropriate conclusions by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 2002 have resulted in a disastrous reduction in the use of HRT (hormone replacement therapy) by perimenopausal women. The 2002 announcement led to widespread adverse publicity about HRT, ... Read >
Author: David Viniker05th July 2007
The Great HRT Fiasco – Time For Reassurance.
Inappropriate conclusions by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 2002 have resulted in a disastrous reduction in the use of HRT (hormone replacement therapy) by perimenopausal women. The 2002 announceme... Read >
Author: David Viniker24th May 2007
Certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers have been found to reduce the effectiveness that a woman’s heart receives from hormone replacement therapy.
The studies author however, encourages women to stay on their regular medication regime u... Read >
Author: Joshua Daly17th May 2007
Menopause usually occurs in women that have passed 50. Its symptoms are usually treated or at least alleviated with the help of hormone replacement therapy or natural remedies.
In treating the occurring symptoms, a woman should consider different trea... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola27th March 2007
Historically, Black Cohosh (cimicifugae racemosae rhizoma) Root has been used for a range of conditions. Native Americans and U.S. colonialists used it for amenorrhea, bronchitis, chorea, dropsy, fever, hysteria, itch, lumbago, nervous disorders, snakebit... Read >
Author: Ian Finlayson27th March 2007
A recent U.S. study published by the New England Journal of Medicine has found significant links between small particle air pollution and heart disease and strokes in women. The researchers were based at the University of Washington and used data provide... Read >
Author: Chuck Jaymes27th March 2007
Is there a connection between heart health and vitamin D? Are vitamin E and heart health linked? Researchers for the Women’s Health Initiative hormone replacement therapy and heart health study also investigated the role of other vitamins and minerals... Read >
Author: Patsy Hamilton20th February 2007
Any woman over forty years old knows that the menopause is coming
sometime in the near future.
There has been a lot of publicity about HRT and how, through taking this hormonal replacement, all your worries are over. The facts, however, are not as cle... Read >
Author: daphne nancholas14th April 2006
The scientists were very disappointed when announcing on Tuesday, that putting elder women on a low-fat diet did not decrease their risk of breast or colon cancer or heart disease, as they had hoped before.
However, they noted that the results should n... Read >
Author: Paul Douglas13th April 2006
For many years older women have been advised by their physicians to take calcium and vitamin D pills to protect their bones as they age.
But according to the latest and the biggest research ever conducted to examine the value of that timeworn advice, c... Read >
Author: Paul Douglas16th March 2006
A national study recently revealed telling facts regarding low-fat diets and their benefits relating to cancer and heart disease. A study concluded by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and Stanford University noted that a low-fat diet, alone, is not en... Read >
Author: Aurel Radulescu24th November 2005
For women suffering from the effects of Menopause, any information that helps to alleviate the pain and suffering of this terrible affliction is most welcome. There are countless books on the market that profess to have the answers you seek. Every other... Read >
Author: Caren Killtral
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