Think back to your PRE-menopause days. If someone told you they could trigger menopause for you, you’d hardly have jumped at the chance, right? But that’s exactly what many cancer survivors younger than 50 – or even younger than 40 – experience. Each year in the U.S., almost 50,000 women younger than 50 are diagnosed …
Clinicians Fail to Address Menopausal Symptoms in Women Treated for Breast Cancer A medical survey led by the University of Southampton (located in the South Coast of England) shows that hot flashes are one of the most common complaints for women who have been treated for breast cancer, however few clinicians take the time to …
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Medication for Osteoporosis May Slow Down Metastasized Breast Cancer in the Bone in Postmenopausal Women A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that bisphosphonate, the medication used to treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, may also slow down the development of breast cancer that metastasizes to the bone. This is one …
The days of pass/fail, all-nighters and cramming for tests may be over, but there are certain tests — the medical kind — that we haven’t outgrown. In fact, for women in perimenopause and menopause, these tests could mean the difference between life and death. Please note: This is not intended to be medical advice. Consult …
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The days are longer, the temperatures warmer, the sky seems bluer. If — despite all this — your mood seems bluer, too, it’s probably because you dread donning a bathing suit for the first time this season. Let’s face it, it’s inevitable. Like the changing of the seasons, during perimenopause and menopause our bodies change …
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