by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 24, 2010 | Menopause, New Research
So there’s a surge today in news stories about how hormone treatment for menopause (popularly known as ‘hormone replacement therapy’ or HRT) benefits the brain, apparently based on publicity over this study published in Hormones and Behavior. In...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 22, 2010 | Menstruation, New Research
Last week, we reported that new research shows a relationship between irregular menstrual cycles and sleep difficulties. Now we learn that irregular menstrual cycles are associated with a higher risk of both type 2 diabetes and coronary disease. As we’ve said...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 18, 2010 | Menstruation, New Research
New research confirms what many of our readers already suspected: the menstrual cycle affects one’s quality of sleep. A study of 931 women with sleep complaints, published in the December 2010 issue of Climacteric, found that it’s not just hot flashes that...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 27, 2010 | Menstruation, New Research
Guest Post by Kitty Holman Make no mistake, there are some women who absolutely love to shop. And why not? Shopping has long been described as being a therapeutic activity because it has the uncanny ability to lift the spirit. After all, bringing home a new pair of...
by Heather Dillaway | Oct 21, 2010 | Menopause, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
Yes, the hormone therapies prescribed for women in perimenopause and beyond have already been suspect. Especially after the initial Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trial results in 2002 (but even before that), researchers documented the health risks associated with...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 19, 2010 | Anatomy, Media, New Research
This morning, ladymag The Stir posted an article titled, “5 Weird Things Our Menstrual Cycles Make Us Do”. Over the weekend, science site Live Science featured an article about the recent surge in ovulation-related research (with the unfortunate title,...
