Female Menopause Mentors

Medication Side Effects

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:01:13 +0000

How do you tell if a new medication you are taking is giving you a new symptom, or side effect? Medication reactions and side effects are usually different aspects of what your body may be doing when exposed to a new chemical. An serious allergic reaction involves swelling of your lips, tongue throat; sometimes preventing [...]

New Recommendations for HRT

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:40:13 +0000

Hormone Replacement Therapy has been both embraced and vilified over the last decade and more. It was once considered the magic potion to keep women young, until the Women’s Health Initiative published some of its’ findings in 2002. The WHI raised significant concerns regarding the safety of HRT in terms of breast cancer and cardiovascular [...]

DAILY ASPIRIN-YES OR NO?

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Wed, 29 May 2013 12:30:05 +0000

We here a lot about what we should be doing every day in terms of supplements and vitamins. A question I often get in the clinic is whether a daily aspirin should be taken and if so, how much. As with almost everything in life, it depends! Aspirin has been around for a long time [...]

WHAT ARE YOU MISSING?

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:03:36 +0000

Let’s face it, we all have bad habits and personality quirks that can undermine our ability to achieve ultimate success in whatever arena we want to succeed in. This could be health, relationships, or work; or all three! How many diets have we tried, how many times have we promised ourselves we will quit smoking [...]

CONTROLLING STRESS NOW

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:28 +0000

Stress has been named the second leading illness or health problem world wide by the World Health Organization. When does stress happen? When circumstances exceed your ability to cope effectively and adapt to . You do not have to experience the loss of a loved one or a devastating event to have stress. There is [...]

STROKE FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:12:52 +0000

Did you ever think you are at risk for a stroke? There are some surprising risk factors you may not have considered , even events from younger years! Every year 425,000 women suffer from a stroke. That is 55,000 more strokes than men. As with heart attacks, strokes in women are increasing and also present [...]

The Connection Between Sunshine and Heavy Menses

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:41 +0000

Sunshine and milk, what do they have to do with heavy menses? The absence of the monthly menses is one aspect of menopause to look forward to, but getting there can be a challenge when your periods are extra heavy. Heavy menses, or menorrhagia, can interfere with work and life. Fibroids can exist without many [...]

THAT BURNING MAY NOT BE A UTI!

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:23:59 +0000

If you are a woman reading this post, chances are you have experienced a urinary tract infection at some point in your life. Burning with urination, frequency, and discomfort in the pelvic and genital region are all familiar symptoms to many of us by the time we reach menopause. Having these symptoms and seeing a [...]

ARE YOU REALLY ALLERGIC TO WHEAT?

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:47:12 +0000

Gluten free diets are very popular, and gluten free products seem to be overtaking the shelves in many supermarkets. Gluten free products are a staple for those that have celiac disease, but can they benefit those of us who do not? The sense that you may be allergic to wheat may increase as you get [...]

What You Can Do to Reduce Cancer Risk

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:53:06 +0000

Cancer is often thought of as the dreaded big “C”, and most types of cancer can be devastating. I suspect all of us would do whatever we could to prevent getting cancer if we thought we were at risk. But what to do? There are so many types of cancer and risk factors for these [...]