by Ashley Ross | Dec 20, 2012 | Advertising, Communication, Media, Menopause, Perimenopause
No question – Poise’s Second Talk Campaign is undeniably courageous, taking on Menopause, the Previously Unmentionable. Call me impatient and unappreciative, but I just can’t help mourning the missed opportunity to REALLY empower women, instead of aligning with...
by Heather Dillaway | Dec 6, 2012 | Girls, Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation
The other day a Huffington Post article crossed my desk, titled, “Gift Guide 2012: What To Get The Menopausal Women In Your Life.” According to this article, here are some of the things menopausal women (read: perimenopausal women) might want this December: Coldfront...
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...
by David Linton | Aug 6, 2012 | Books, Humor, Media, Menopause
Hallmark greeting cards and related trinkets have long exemplified wholesome, up-tempo, Norman Rockwell-styled sentimentality, often packaged in clichéd verses and trite images of puppies, kittens, flowers, babies, sunsets and other references guaranteed to elicit a...
by Heather Dillaway | May 24, 2012 | Communication, Health Care, Hormones, Language, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
An article on Medscape News on May 7th reported survey results that suggest that “fewer than one third of women with menopause symptoms are receiving treatment for those symptoms.” The article goes on to report that about half of women aged 45 to 60 report...
