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Menopause is harder on overweight women

Marilyn — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:55:10 +0000

The media and the government has been agitating for people to lose weight for years. The media in particular takes it out on women… almost every issue of US or People shows actresses or women in the news and if they’re even the slightest bit overweight, the headline is: Why is she so fat? And if the woman is skeletal…the headline is: Does she have anorexia?

Then we’ve got the government moving in, about to tell people what they can and cannot feed their children, what kind of snacks will be allowed in school, and so on.

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Menopause “brings truce to women”

Marilyn — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:43:32 +0000

I’ve been doing my weekly google search on menopause news, and I keep coming across regurgitations of the same article that I commented on here a couple of weeks ago, the new theory that women go through menopause so that they’ll no longer be competitors for their “daughters-in-law.” It’s always the daughters-in-law that are cited, not the daughters, I notice…

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Book: A Woman’s Book of Balance

Marilyn — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:31:12 +0000

A Woman’s Book of Balance: Finding Your Physical, Spiritual and Emotional Center with Yoga, Strength Training and Dance. Karen Andes, Perigee Books, 1999

This book isn’t specifically about how to deal with menopause or PMS, but it’s a book about overall women’s health - both mental and physical, and will quite simply help you deal with those issues because of the type of activities it advocates.

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“Being seen as an older woman…which often means being not seen at all”

Marilyn — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:17:05 +0000

Continuing my surfing of the web, this time not to find menopause in the news, but discussion of menopause in the news.

Women have far greater problems than going through menopause, but that’s seen as the biggie. But once women reach a certain age, at least in Western countries, they become invisible not only to their husbands, but also to the rest of society. (But then, so do most men. Anyone heard that Democratic ad where a couple of teenage-sounding voices are laughing at how old John McCain is?)

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Menopause In the News roundup

Marilyn — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:07:02 +0000

Once a week I surf the web for news about menopause, and I thought I’d share some of the latest news stories with you here.

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Book: The Hysterectomy Hoax: The truth about why many hysterectomies

Marilyn — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:52:45 +0000

The Hysterectomy Hoax: The Truth About Why Many Hysterectomies are Unnecessary and How to Avoid Them, Stanley West, MD, with Paula Dranov. 2002

A hysterectomy is “Surgical removal of part or all of the uterus.” It can be partial or total. As a result of a hysterectomy, the woman would no longer be able to have children, and could go into early menopause.

Hysterectomies are frequently performed for fibroids (benign tumor-like growths inside the uterus itself, made up of muscle and connective tissue) but according to this author, 90% of them arent’ necessary.

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“Menopause stops female competition”

Marilyn — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:24:19 +0000

“Menopause stops female competition”

That’s the conclusion that’s recently been come up with by scientists to explain why women go through menopause when they hit their 50s.

Competition for food meant that in tight knit ancient communities there was often only enough to feed one woman’s offspring - and the daughters-in-law won the fight for resources.

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Unsympathetic women doctors

Marilyn — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:00:32 +0000

A lot of women are going to be voting for Hillary Clinton, for no other reason than that she’s a woman. In the same way, many women go to a female doctor not because she’s the best doctor in the area, not because they feel uncomfortable going to a male doctor, but because the doctor is a woman.

Unfortunately, just because your doctor is a woman doesn’t mean she will know everything there is to know about menopause, hot flashes, hormonal replacement therapy, etc.

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Book: Break the Stress Cycle

Marilyn — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:26:48 +0000

Break the Stress Cycle: 10 Steps to Reducing Stress for Women. Judith Sachs. Adams Media Corporation.1998

This book is not specifically dealing with PMS or menopause, but rather is an overall guide for women on how to reduce the stress in their lives. But the steps discussed here will also work for many PMS-ing or menopausal women.

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The Wonders of Soy

Marilyn — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:17:19 +0000

Soy is a “protein powerhouse” unique among plant foods: It is the only plant food that, by itself, povides complete protein. In other words, it contains all nine essential amino acids, which must be eaten within a few hours of each other to trigger the proper biochemical reactions in the human body.

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