My Menopause Blog

HRT is back in the news because of the continued analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative. Here’s a link to the story from Canada’s National Newspaper, the Globe and Mail.
Risk of cancer continues after women halt hormone therapy
To get a sense of the menopause pulse currently surrounding HRT, check out the […]

It’s time for a weeks worth of seriousness dear blog readers.
Besides being a natural stage of a woman’s reproductive life cycle, menopause is a major cash cow for the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry. The latest pill to ‘win’ FDA approval is Wyeth’s new antidepressant Pristiq.
I say ‘win’ with great intention. Getting a new drug […]

My much anticipated MacSpeech Dictate voice recognition software has yet to be released. Apparently more media buzz is generated by missing the published release date and making people wait.
Fine then. Here’s my bloggy contribution to the buzz.
Dear MacSpeech,
Your policy pisses me off. Please ship the software.
Until I get my slightly hot little hands on this […]

I’ve never had a strong sense of smell so aromatherapy as a form of menopause treatment is not something I’ve explored. Strangely, in the last two days I’ve noticed a distinct difference in my noses ability to sniff out what’s going on - which seems counter intuitive to me. I thought my body bits were […]

Here’s a disturbing paradox.
Most of the world wakes up in the morning and wonders if they will get enough to eat that day.
Meanwhile, 60% of North American’s are overweight and the Diet Industry will rake in excess of 40 Billion this year.
According to the National Eating Disorder Information Center, “it’s not our bodies that need […]

It was the term ‘cosmeceuticals’ that caught my attention in a short news report from a recent Globe and Mail.
I’ll let you read the on-line story about how the ingredient DMAE, a key component of the skin cream that is referred to as ‘facelift in a jar’, has been found to be toxic to the […]

As an advocate and user of alternative health care, I’m posting this alert from Sandra J. Florio, C.N.P. Holistic Nutritional Practitioner and Personal Fitness Trainer.
We may be on the cusp of loosing our health choice freedom.
From Sandra: On April 30, 2007 the FDA will close the public comment period on “Guidance” which will classify every […]

I get daily news alerts for issues relating to menopause. Even though menopause can be a hot experience, the subject is not a hot topic.
Today’s three headlines offered me pretty much nothing except a desire to be snarky and sarcastic in my response. Given it’s snowing outside - again - and our previously greening landscape […]