by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 23, 2010 | Menopause, New Research, Pharmaceutical
The Endocrine Society has released a new, peer-reviewed statement on the risks and benefits of hormone therapy for menopausal women. The upshot is that risks and benefits vary depending on the age of the patient and the length of time since menopause: One interesting...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 29, 2010 | Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
Ready to play Evo-Psych bingo, that is. I don’t know quite what else to do with a study like this: Women’s preferences for masculinity in male faces are highest during reproductive age range and lower around puberty and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 13, 2010 | Anatomy, magazines, Menopause, New Research
Guest Post by Jerilynn Prior, M.D., Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research Yes! I’m sure you can hear my whoop of excitement and vindication. Finally, something negative about estrogen and positive about progesterone in the mainstream media. According to...
by Chris Hitchcock | Apr 23, 2010 | Menopause, Menstruation, New Research, Newspapers
Recently the New York Times published a long article entitled the Estrogen Dilemma. It’s an article rich with many issues, and previous blogs have critiqued its uncritical acceptance of the timing hypothesis, and its failure to distinguish between the transient...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 19, 2010 | Menopause, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Jerilynn C. Prior, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research I just read “The Estrogen Dilemma” in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, and I feel like weeping—in sorrow and deep sadness. This article by Cynthia Gorney is about energetic,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 18, 2010 | Menopause, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Paula S. Derry, Ph.D. Déjà vu An article in today’s New York Times Magazine recounts the author’s experience with a debilitating depression that began during her perimenopause, the transitional time leading up to menopause. For her, prescription...
