2004-2009

It's Your Time: Get Inspired, Get Healthy

National Women’s Health Week begins this year on Mother’s Day, May 11, 2008. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH), the week-long initiative empowers all women of every age across the nation ...

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Life After Hormone Therapy

Yes, there is life after hormone therapy. And, with the advent of new data, we are more tuned-in to what actually happens to our health risks and body when we stop hormone therapy. According to the most recent study, published ...

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Women’s Perceptions on Hormone Therapy

I had the honor of making a presentation at the First Global Summit on Menopause-Related Issues held in Zurich, Switzerland March 29-30, 2008. My presentation was entitled “Perceptions From The Woman’s Point of View: Altered, Bewildered and Confused”. It covered ...

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Julie Andrews on Maturity

To commemorate Julie Andrew’s 69 th birthday, she made a special appearance at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for an AARP benefit. She performed the musical number “My Favorite Things” from the legendary movie The Sound of ...

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Think Bioidenticals are Safer? Think Again

When we really struggle with something, it is easy to gain a false-hope in a quick-fix that is usually too good to be true. Many women, including myself, struggle with the difficult symptoms of menopause and just want to feel ...

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The FDA Needs Out Help

Based on a new release for 2009 budget plans, recent congressional deliberations and other news popping up recently (New York Times article “The F.D.A. in Crisis”, Sunday, February 3, 2008), consumers should be aware that the FDA and the US ...

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A Poem for a Menopause Mama

Submitted by Debra Lewis, Conyers, GA It was a typical day at work, the usual, trying to get as many women that walked by to come sit in my chair and let me make them beautiful!! I love my job, ...

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Breathing for the Mind and Body

April 28 th is World Tai Chi and Qigong Day. Qigong (pronounced chee gung) is an ancient Chinese therapy that means “energy exercise” or “breathing exercise” in Chinese. It combines gentle, physical motions with breathing techniques to achieve substantial health ...

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Predicting the Age of Menopause

“Tick tock, tick tock, hickory dickory dock, chime the sounds of the biological clock. The sound usually starts resonating in the late 20s for women. This is when the pressure to start a family and have children by the age ...

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