The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) announces the June 2, 2015, online publication of its statement, “The North American Menopause Society Statement on Continuing Use of Systemic Hormone Therapy After Age 65,” and the accompanying editorial, “NAMS Supports Judicious Use ...
Read More »Hormone Replacement Therapy is Not…
Contributed by Dr. Paul J. MacKoul, MD- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert Hormone Replacement Therapy is Not a One-Size-Fits-All Solution for Menopause HRT should be based on a patient’s personal decision from sufficient information provided by a specialist Menopause brings ...
Read More »News From NAMS- Continuing Use of Systemic Hormone Therapy After Age 65
The North American Menopause Society Statement on Continuing Use of Systemic Hormone Therapy After Age 65 The 2012 Hormone Therapy Position Statement of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) states that hormone therapy (HT) is the most effective treatment for ...
Read More »More Women Using Compounded Hormones without Understanding the Risks
More Women Now Using Compounded Hormones without Understanding the Risks From 28% to 68% of women using hormones at menopause take compounded, so-called “bioidentical” hormones, but women don’t understand the risks of these unapproved, untested treatments, shows an analysis of ...
Read More »Speaking Up About Our V-Zone
Okay, Ladies! Let’s talk shop about our V-zone. Doesn’t it seem that the older we get, the more issues we have down there? And, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it may be due to menopause-related ...
Read More »5 Steps to Help You Stop HRT
Want to stop your hormone replacement therapy (HRT) but don’t know how? New research recently published in the Journal of Women’s Health found that certain methods appear to be more successful and your attitude about stopping matters. The study surveyed ...
Read More »Highlights from the NAM Society Annual Meet
I just returned from the North American Menopause Society’s (NAMS) 23 annual meeting held in sunny Orlando, Florida where Minnie Mouse sat in on a few talks about postmenopause. She may not be experiencing those hot flashes anymore, but low ...
Read More »Bioidentical vs. Non-Bioidentical Estrogen
Red Hot Mamas Medical Advisor, Dr. Mache Seibel explains the difference between bioidentical and non-bioidentical estrogen hormones. Are they safer, natural, better?
Read More »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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