Female Menopause Mentors

OSTEOPOROSIS-THE RECENT NEWS

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:26:00 +0000

Last week there was quite a bit of discussion in the various new media groups regarding osteoporosis and medications. The short version pushed by the news media was that medications for osteoporosis can cause fractures of the thigh bone. While these sorts of fractures can occur and are no laughing matter, this simplification is not [...]

Exercise during Menopause – What can you do?

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:01:22 +0000

We all know exercise is good for us. The majority of us do not exercise despite knowing this. Even though it will add years of better health to your life, we don’t do it or don’t do it regularly or we over do one area like cardio to our detriment and ignore muscle strengthening activity [...]

ARE YOU IN CONTROL?

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:31:59 +0000

Who is responsible for your health, is it you? Our goal at Female Menopause Mentors is to help women through the menopausal transition, with its’ myriad of symptoms; and beyond. You may wonder why so many of our recent posts are related to diet and fitness. You may be thinking there is much more to [...]

MENOPAUSE-Have You Lost Everything Good?

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:04:52 +0000

Menopause is an inevitable time of life for every woman who is alive. There is no escaping it; but what does it actually mean for us? What does it mean to YOU? There is the technical definition of menopause as the end of cycling hormones and ovulation, resulting in the end of our menses and [...]

Can You drink Alcohol on a Weight Loss Diet

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:52:50 +0000

In this video with a small technical problem, I review the facts about alcohol and weight loss. I hope you enjoy this and will ask questions and leave me comments. Thanks Tweet This Post

BARIATRIC SURGERY-A HEALTHY SHORTCUT?

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:14:24 +0000

How many hours and how much money have you spent on trying to lose weight in the course of your lifetime? It is discouraging enough to not achieve any long term success in lowering your weight, but it becomes much more serious when your health is at risk. Increased weight can bring joint pain and [...]

DO YOU STILL NEED A PAP TEST? NEW GUIDELINES ARE IN.

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:39:03 +0000

How many of us dread that yearly obligation of the screening PAP smear? Most of us get accustomed to this exam over the years, but still may unconsciously avoid the exam by increasing the interval year to year. Good news! According to the USPSTF, we may very well not need to get this test yearly! [...]

Don’t make Food decisions daily, put them on AutoPilot

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:06:40 +0000

You can not use up your will power first thing in the morning deciding between poached eggs with toast or waffles with syrup. If you want to eat healthy, make the decision in advance and conserve your will power for later in the day. Eat right at breakfast and lunch and you have won the [...]

YOU CAN CONSIDER HORMONE THERAPY AGAIN!

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:38:31 +0000

The North American Menopause Society, NAMS, has recently released a new position paper on the use of hormone therapy during and following menopause. An analysis of several studies and data has shown that hormone therapy is not as dangerous or onerous as believed 10 years ago after the initial release of the Women’s Health Initiate [...]

Menopause can be a Menace – Tell Me what You want Most

Mentors@femalemenopausementors.com (Anne Vaillancourt PAC and Bruce L Bair PAC) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:17:01 +0000

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