Written by Karen Giblin This month I had the privilege of attending the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Drug Information Association (DIA) in Atlanta, GA. Many of you are wondering, what is the DIA? It is a worldwide organization whose ...
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Book Review: Fit and Sexy for Life
Kathy Kaehler, New York: Broadway Books; 2007 ($22.95) 230 pages. Let’s face it. A whole slew of physical and emotional changes are associated with growing older. In her new book, Kathy Kaehler encourages her readers to meet these challenges head ...
Read More »Making Menopause Health Decisions
I remember a time, back in the day, when going to the doctor for a check-up was a very quick, easy visit usually ending with a pat on the head and a lollipop. If they wanted me to take a ...
Read More »Menopause: How Long Does It Last
I have a little secret to share. I found the perfect hot flash hideaway. I inadvertently stumbled upon it last week as I was shopping for frozen pizzas of all things. The frozen food aisle at my grocery store is ...
Read More »Preventing Cervical Cancer for a Lifetime
Cervical cancer used to be one of the most common causes of cancer death for women nationwide. Since 1955, the number of deaths from cervical cancer has greatly decreased but it will still claim 3,700 lives of women this year. ...
Read More »Menopause – A New Perspective
Written by Jan Roberts* and sponsored by Natural Health International. In Western society during the last 40 years, menopause, once unmentioned and borne in silence, has come to be regarded as one of the key life-events that might compromise women’s ...
Read More »Breast Cancer Diagnosis Complicated by Hormone Therapy
I am learning more and more that abnormal mammograms are not uncommon, especially for women on hormone therapy. We have known for several years that hormone therapy can slightly increase your risk of developing breast cancer. But, news just broke ...
Read More »Music and Medicine
Ever get a tune stuck in your head and you just keep hearing it over and over? Our world is filled with music. From Mozart to Madonna; from the lullabies that drift babies to sleep to the spiritual music that ...
Read More »Myths — and Facts — About Sleep
“There are many common myths about sleep. We hear them frequently, and may even experience them far too often. Sometimes they can be characterized as old wives’ tales, but there are other times the incorrect information can be serious and ...
Read More »The 2007 Hot List of Top Ten Books to Get You Through Menopause
Just the other day I was in a fairly large bookstore perusing the Women’s Health section to see what was new on the shelves this holiday season. I noticed there were quite a number of recently published books on menopause. ...
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