by Paula Derry | Apr 1, 2013 | Health Care, Hormones, Media, Menopause, New Research
The Huffington Post published a story last week titled “Last Menstrual Cycle Could Be Predicted With New Model”. The story stated that a research study had just been published about a new method for predicting the end of menstruation in which researchers developed a...
by Heather Dillaway | Jan 3, 2013 | Communication, Media, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
Sometimes I think biomedical researchers and media spokespersons are just searching to find the pathology in our lives. Not that we don’t know this already, especially when it comes to women’s health. Because of how medicalization works, of course anything that...
by Paula Derry | Dec 10, 2012 | Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
We are unique individuals. Or, we are like everyone else. Which is it? For menstrual periods and the menopausal transition, as perhaps for most things, we’re a little bit of both. For me, keeping in mind that both are somehow true, and understanding the ways in which...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 24, 2012 | Hormones, New Research, Newspapers, PMS
If PMS is a myth, then what on earth can we blame for all the lady-rage? You may have seen the article in The Star or The Globe and Mail or The Atlantic about the recently published research review by a team of medical researchers who assert that “clear evidence for a...
by Paula Derry | Oct 15, 2012 | Menopause, New Research
Many of us do our own health research, either because we have a specific question or simply to keep up with the news. If we don’t read the original scientific articles, we rely on experts to provide summaries in newspapers, magazines, or on a variety of websites. It...
by Chris Hitchcock | Oct 12, 2012 | Hormones, Menopause, New Research, Perimenopause
What Happened? The highlight of last week’s meeting of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) meeting was a presentation of the primary results of the KEEPS study (Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study). A press release describing the findings, along with a list...
