Two bits of news in the long saga that is Wyeth’s hormone-replacement litigation (now Pfizer’s, of course, since the buyout). First, a Philadelphia jury ordered Pfizer to pay $6.3 million in compensatory damages to an Illinois woman who alleged that the menopause treatments Premarin, Provera and Prempro caused her…

Does menopause have to mean an apple shape? Is it possible to lose weight and thickness gained after menopause? Sharon sent us this question via our Ask Our Healthy Weight Loss Team a Question feature (look to your right). It’s a question near and dear to my heart as…

Pfizer faces legal battles in a couple of quarters, one set inherited from the newly acquired Wyeth. In the second Prempro development in three days, a Philadelphia jury reportedly

For the third time in a row, the jury in a drug liability case has sided against pharma. Having already concluded that Wyeth’s Prempro hormone replacement therapy was linked to plaintiff Cindy Barton’s breast cancer, the 8-member panel awarded $3.75 million in compensatory damages. The jury had also found…

Each year during National Midwifery Week, midwives across the US raise awareness of the midwifery profession and the services they provide to the women they serve. From pizza parties to poetry readings, the celebrations are as diverse as the profession of midwifery. The University of Indianapolis School of Nursing…

Mary Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is pregnant with her second child, due in mid- to late-November. Cheney confirmed her pregnancy to the Web site True/Slant, which first reported it. Cheney and her longtime female partner, Heather Poe, will raise the baby along with her 2-year-old…

There are some odd places where you can apply your ultrasound pictures. You could put one on your hat, or on a throw pillow, put it on a mouse pad or a button. Put one on your tie or even on your kid’s shoe. Source PregnancyWeekly.com

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Here’s a sobering statistic: As women approach and go through menopause, a certain type of body fat increases by up to 50 percent. And once you’re finished with menopause ( hooray !) there’s more. The distribution of body fat usually shifts… Hello BELLY FAT. Read more… I like to…

Repeating an act over and over again can be a good thing. Especially when your menopausal brain isn’t functioning the way it used to and you forget things easily. Things like how to log in and post on your very own blog after only a few short weeks away….

Are you experiencing problems with hormones and adult acne? Hormones and adult acne can be an annoyance but there are things you can do to alleviate the situation. Acne is a hormonal problem. Hormones and adult acne have to do with the maturation of our oil glands. Hormones and…