by Heather Dillaway | Dec 8, 2011 | Language, Menopause, Menstruation, Reproduction
Menstruation and menopause are reproductive health experiences, aren’t they? At least that’s what I think. But I’m starting to wonder how many people agree. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how people define the things they experience and how researchers define...
by Chris Hitchcock | Nov 22, 2011 | Language, Menopause, New Research
Recently Heather Dillaway blogged about the challenges and frustrations of naming, and this blog continues with that theme, looking at a recent article about increased rates of “ovarian failure” following ovary-preserving hysterectomy. “Ovary-saving...
by Heather Dillaway | Nov 10, 2011 | Language, Menopause, Menstruation
Last Friday I attended a conference on autoethnography and was privileged enough to listen to Carolyn Ellis give the keynote speech on this new and upcoming qualitative methodology. Sitting there and listening to Ellis talk about the need for all of us to be...
by David Linton | Nov 8, 2011 | Celebrities, Menopause, Menstruation
In Gore Vidal’s 2006 memoir, Point to Point Navigation, he name drops his way through more than four decades of a very interesting life with great stories about the famous and notorious folks who crossed his path. One tale is related by his stepmother, Kit, about her...
by Chris Hitchcock | Oct 25, 2011 | Health Care, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Prevalence of Hot Flushes and Night Sweats in UK women 54-65 In a new, large (over 10 000 women) survey of UK women aged 54-65, Myra Hunter and colleagues reported on the proportion of women who have hot flushes and night sweats (HF/NS), and on how frequent and...
