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This past weekend, I attended a confab of women bloggers here in San Francisco. I thought I’d be the oldest one there, but I was fortunate to have participated in a “meet-up” of “Boomer & Beyond” bloggers and I met some terrific, wise women with pretty cool blogs. [click to continue…]
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There seem to be an onslaught of books and articles about the importance of appearing younger that are targeted to women in their 50s, which means ME!!! I 
didn’t realize that I was in trouble until I read Jesse Kornbluth’s review of Charla Krupp’s, How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger on his blog, Head Butler. Kornbluth, who usually tackles more literary and intellectual content, felt compelled to call his readers’ attention to this book due to the social and economic fallout that happens to women when their beauty declines. Ouch! [click to continue…]
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Over the weekend, I turned on the TV for one hour in the afternoon and just about every commercial was for a pharmaceutical drug. I was appalled. I think the ads condition people to think that there’s a magic pill for nearly every ailment, so why be vigilant about your health? I wondered what a foreign visitor to this country would conclude about our culture after watching this endless promotion of drugs.
What is not so widely known is that many of these medications can be so detrimental to your health that even some physicians won’t take them, according to a recent Men’s Health article . Here’s a list of eight drugs that physicians told the author are on their own “do not take” list.
These are well-known, commonly used medications and for some people, they’re life savers. But the decision to use them shouldn’t be taken lightly.
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It’s a sign of the times. Every one is talking or writing about middle-age memory loss, or so it seems. I doubt that anyone who is 25 years old has noticed the same thing, of course. They probably didn’t notice when vibrantBrains, a “gym” for improving memory function, opened recently in San Francisco. And they certainly weren’t interested in a lecture there last week by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, the author of “Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife.” [click to continue…]
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Last month, I wrote about the FDA’s action restricting certain compounding pharmacists from dipsensing bio-identical hormones containing estriol - a form of estrogen. Wyeth, the biggest seller of prescription menopause hormones (Premarin and Prempro), had petitioned the FDA in April, 2006, to take this action complaining that many compounders make false claims about the drugs’ safety. The FDA says the two actions aren’t linked, but I say, what a coincidence! [click to continue…]
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Of all the symptoms of menopause that women complain about, hot flashes and sleep disturbances are among the most common and I seem to have licked both with a daily dose of Black Cohosh. Or is it the Gaba that’s doing the trick? [click to continue…]
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It happens just about every night. After reading for about a half hour, I’m finally sleepy and relaxed. I turn out the light and sink into my down pillows and high thread-count sheets. I’m just falling asleep when, wham – it happens. It feels like my body has been plugged into an electrical socket and… who turned up the heat? I throw off the covers, grab my fan and contemplate another sleepless night ahead. [click to continue…]
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The intriguing headline on the Science Daily Website, “Male Chimpanzees Prefer Mating with Old Females,” is just too good to not to comment on. Apparently, female Chimpanzees do not experience Menopause as humans do and as a result, older females were more likely to be approached for copulation. What’s more, “they copulated more frequently with high-ranking males and gave rise to higher rates of male-on-male aggression in mating contests!” Of course, we humans live long after our fertility stops, whereas Chimpanzees’ reproductive system declines in tandem with overall mortality. I guess you can’t have it all.
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There’s something about the word Menopause that sounds…well, old. I went to a BlogHer gathering a few days ago and while I’ve become accustomed to being one of the older people at any tech event here in San Francisco, I felt particularly matronly as I told other, younger attendees, some of whom write “Mommy” blogs, that I blog about Menopause. “Wow, how interesting. I’ll tell my mother about it,” was the general response. [click to continue…]
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When I was in my 30s, I had only two doctors: a general internist & a gynecologist. I typically visited them once a year- maybe. A decade later, I began seeing a chiropractor for regular adjustments. I read a lot of books on stretching and training. I subscribed to the Nutrition Action and Berkeley Wellness Newsletters and I joined a gym. Now in my 50s, I’ve added a nutritionist, naturopathic doctor and occasionally an acupuncturist and trainer to my “posse.” [click to continue…]
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