Menopause News Flash – research, news and information
No need to go scouring the Internet. I’m here for you with all the latest menopause news.

A step in the right direction: The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it will ask pharmaceutical companies to stop labeling drugs that treat human infections as acceptable in treating similar infections in animals. Learn more about what the move means for your health.

Women’s libidos in limbo: The decades-long search for a pill that increases sexual desire in women is at an impasse with the FDA. Learn more about the pill and its problems.

Tell your daughters, your granddaughters, your neighbors! 70 percent of people who need to know about HPV vaccine don’t, according to research presented at the Sixth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved.

A new compound developed by The Scripps Research Institute may hold the key to alleviating rheumatoid arthritis, which affects more than two million Americans.

Break a sweat… in more ways than one! New research in Depression and Anxiety shows that exercise improves sexual dysfunction in women who take antidepressants—a common side effect and complaint.

How healthy is your state? A new report from the United Health Foundation, American Public Health Association, and Partnership for Prevention IDs the healthiest (and unhealthiest cities). Check out the rankings.

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