News About Black Cohosh and Menopause
Black Cohosh News
Top 20 medical breakthroughs for women (MSNBC)\ This year’s biggest advances are changing the face and future of your health. From cancer and Alzheimer’s disease to eating disorders and obesity, Health magazine reveals breakthroughs you need to know about now.
Black Cohosh: Mixed Cancer Findings (CBS News)\Black cohosh, a supplement taken to ease menopausal symptoms, may have a mixed relationship with breast cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Research.
Horny Goat Weed (ThirdAge)\Horny goat weed is an ornamental plant that also has a long history of traditional use in Asian herbal medicine. Its whimsical name is said to derive from folk observations that goats who grazed on the herb became unusually sexually active.
US NCCAM digs into the root of the matter (Yehey!)\IDENTIFYING the active ingredients in herbs and understanding how herbs affect the body are important research areas for the US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).
Supplement hype not always safe (El Campo Leader-News)\Some of today's best-selling dietary supplements and over-the-counter medicines are proudly advertised as free of artificial chemicals, dyes, fillers, or anything else that came from a test tube. The essence of the pitch: If Mother Nature made it, it must be good for you.
Menopause News
Menopause Weight Gain Due to Less Exercise (ThirdAge)\The reason women in menopause gain weight is not because they eat more, it is because they exercise less, U.S. and Australian researchers suggest. Dr. Jennifer Lovejoy of the University of Washington in Seattle and Dr. Amanda Sainsbury-Salis of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney say many women get confused when they start to gain weight during menopause , because their eating ...
Andropause: Do Men Go Through Menopause Too? (ThirdAge)\The male analog to menopause—or “andropause”—has been associated with menopausal-like symptoms, including weakened bones , decreased sex drive, and even hot flashes and irritability.
Menopause has ruined my life (ThirdAge)\When menopause began for me (which was hard to figure out as I'd had a hysterectomy 25 years earlier) I was taken over by hot flashes. I tried "New Phase" for awhile and it worked pretty well on the hot flashes.
Chill Out Diet for Hot Flashes (ThirdAge)\By Michael O'Reilly, M.D. Although you may have experienced occasional hot flashes at some time in your life, when you're going through menopause , they can be unrelenting and even debilitating.
59-yr-old gives birth to a baby (The Times of India)\CHENNAI: It was a glorious moment for Vedam and Selvamary as they hugged their new-born son. Almost a decade after she attained her menopause, 59-year-old Selvamary delivered a baby boy weighing 2.9 kilograms at a private hospital in the city on Tuesday.
Chennai: 59-yr-old gives birth to baby (The Times of India)\Almost a decade after she attained her menopause, 59-year-old Selvamary delivered a baby boy weighing 2.9 kilograms on Tuesday.
More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)\ WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- SheKayla Love, 26, of Dallas, had the first cyst in her breast removed when she was just 14, the second when she was 19.
Bionovo Announces Development Plans For Menopausal Hot Flash Drug Candidate, Menerba (MF101), Following FDA Meetings (DrugDiscoveryOnline)\Bionovo, Inc. recently announced that the FDA has reviewed the company's manufacturing and control process descriptions (CMC), and has provided guidance on how Bionovo can move forward with the development of Menerba (formerly named MF101) for menopausal hot flashes
More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer (US News & World Report)\Growing number with genetic, familial susceptibilities opt for double mastectomy.
Doctor discusses treatment methods for common growth in women (Cy-Fair Sun)\Fibroids are benign (non-cancerous) tumors in the uterus and are the results of overgrowth of the uterine muscle in women.
