Alcohol consumption has been associated with both benefits and harms, but most studies investigated men rather than women, or analyzed data from mixed cohorts composed of males and females, with necessary adjustments for age and sex. Also, most studies focused ...

January 2016 www.fda.gov/womens Take the Pledge to Support Participation of Diverse Women in Clinical Trials When diverse women join clinical trials, researchers can better understand the many factors that affect how women respond to treatment and prevention strategies. By spreading ...

By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM A task force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research has released guidelines on the optimal duration of bisphosphonate therapy in patients ...

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CHANGE YOUR MENOPAUSE Why one size does not fit all UPDATED AND FULLY REVISED 2ND EDITION Publication date: January 8, 2016 WULF UTIAN MD, PHD, DSC WHY ANOTHER BOOK ON MENOPAUSE? Five years after the highly successful first edition of ...

Contributed by Dr. Natalya Danilyants- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert Finding activity that you love is essential to getting and staying healthy. Staying active can mean all the difference to maintaining great health as we age. It has been proven that as we ...

After Menopause, Vulvovaginal Troubles Are Common and Linked with Other Pelvic Problems Nevertheless, over 30% of women haven’t seen a gynecologist, and over 80% didn’t get the standard treatment CLEVELAND, Ohio (December 9, 2015)—After menopause, more than half of women ...

Contributed by Dr. Barb DePree- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert Especially as the holidays-and holiday eating-approach, it’s helpful that my medical journals are telling me, again, that I need to eat better and keep moving. And from this recent set of ...

Contributed by Mache Seibel, MD- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert At this year’s Annual Meeting of the North American Menopause Society, there was a lot of discussion about the safety of vaginal estrogen. It turns out that of the 64 million ...

New Study Demonstrates Combined Impact of Smoking and Early Menopause On Mortality  Current smokers who experienced early menopause expected to die 2.6 years earlier CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 4, 2015) — Women may now have yet another reason to quit smoking ...