Women with epilepsy who have seizures during pregnancy appear more likely to give birth to pre-term, small or low-birth-weight babies than women without epilepsy, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. An estimated 0.2 percent to 0.7 percent of…
I just received an email from a reader in Idaho, Doreen. She wrote, “I’m 52 years old and just started full-blown menopause. I’m getting a ton of hot flashes, day and night, and I’m so moody all the time. I am very health conscious and generally shun any medications…
Maca supplements have been known as a natural sex enhancer but recent studies have increased the list of benefits from maca. It’s much more than just a sex enhancer. It’s been shown to enhance hormone production but also increase energy levels, stimulate body metabolism, reduce body weight and relieve…
Attention all post-menopausal women: the progesterone that is lost through menopause – contributing to some pretty pesky annoyances like depression, lethargy, panic attacks, water retention and vaginal dryness – can be increased without hormone replacement. How? Read more… Through close friendships. A study by the University of Michigan found…
Your claims of brain fog, senior moments, or whatever you want to call the small but frequent memory lapses you experience during the menopause transition are real, according to the findings of a new study just published in Neurology journal . Researchers spent four years investigating the effects of…
If you suffer from osteoarthritis, you know how painful, swollen joints can put a damper on everyday activities. Osteoarthritis is characterized as a general wearing out of the joints, due to wear and tear. It is distinguished from rheumatoid arthritis, which is a systemic condition. While there are medications…
Menopause is the permanent cessation of reproductive fertility and it affects every women, yet most of them are too embarrassed to talk about it. It usually starts at the age of 40 but can start way much earlier as well. Menopause is a natural stage of a woman’s life…
A diagnosis of the potentially fatal skin cancer known as melanoma can be alarming but also it can help you to understand the options for treating this disease. People who were diagnosed and treated early have a 95% chance of survival. Watch the video and find out how to treat…
Exercise makes women around the time of menopause feel better, even when they don’t lose weight and even when they devote less time to it than is generally recommended. That’s what researchers concluded at the end of a six-month controlled study that measured the effect of 50 percent, 100…
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