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Not Sleeping Beauty: Dealing with Insomnia in Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, Aging Gracefully, Depression, Sleeplessness, Perimenopause, Menopause, Hormones, Stress, Estrogen, Insomnia, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hrt, Menopause Symptoms, Blood Pressure, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

When I was young, I used to envy princesses like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty for their charm and singing voices. When I entered perimenopause, I started to envy them for a different reason.

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Take the 'Bite' Out of HRT

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Estrogen, Women, Aging, Perimenopause, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause Symptoms, Hormone Replacement Therapy Research, Women's Health, Health News, Menopause HRT, Hrt, Menopause Hormone Replacement Therapy, HRT Research, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

Menopause is the great equalizer. It doesn't care which political party you identify with, what your religious background is or whether you're a member of the 1 or 99 percent.

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What's The 'E'? Critiquing The Estrogen Speculation Surrounding Willam Belli's 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Disqualification

Randall Jenson | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Estrogen, RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4, Hormone Therapy, Drag Queens, RuPaul's Drag Race, Drag Queens Estrogen, Willam Belli Hormones, Willam Belli Estrogen, Rupaul's Drag Race Disqualification, Willam Belli Hormone Therapy, Willam Belli Disqualification, Willam Belli, Drag Queens Hormone Therapy, Gay Voices News
Randall Jenson

I have a hard time understanding why the idea of estrogen use would be threatening to being a gay man, when in fact, personal identity is a delicate balance of choice, personal representation, and lived experiences.

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Estrogen Prevents Stroke, Heart Attack for Some

Mache Seibel, MD | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Estrogen, Premature Menopause, Breast Cancer, Stroke, Progesterone, Heart Attack, Menopause, Perimenopause, Hrt, Whi, Estrogen Health, Women's Health, New Research, Healthy Living Health News, Video, Healthy Living News
Mache Seibel, MD

The decision to take estrogen or HRT must be an individualized one -- a conversation between you and your doctor that takes into account your risks, your age and your history.

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Russell Crowe Saved My LIfe

Dori Hartley | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Quantum Physics, Estrogen, Miscarriage, Gladiator, Russell Crowe, Pregnancy, Cancer, Butterfly Effect, Women News
Dori Hartley

Was I a general who became a slave who became a gladiator that gave an ass whoopin' to the Emperor of Rome? Hell no. I was just Dori -- a married mother of two in New Jersey.

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Valentine's Day: Crank the Heat Up!

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, Women, Estrogen, Baby Boomers, Night Sweats, Perimenopause, Health, Sex, Menopause, Insomnia, Fifty News, Menopause Symptoms, Book on Menopause, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

Even though the last thing you probably want is a temperature hike (hot flash central), here are 14 uncensored, cut-to-the-chase ways to crank that love thermostat up to super steamy.

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Budgeting Your Energy in Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Energy, Hot Flashes, Perimenopause, Menopause, Self-Esteem, Motivation, Fifty News, Hormones, Estrogen, Positive Thinking, Aging, Health, Problem Solving, Insomnia, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause Symptoms, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

When women enter menopause, several of their symptoms can work together to create a menopause monster. Weight gain and insomnia can partner with depression to make a tornado of negative thoughts and feelings that seems impossible to diffuse.

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Age of Gregarious

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, New Year's Resolutions, Aging, Birthdays, Health, Menopause, Insomnia, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Memory, Weight Loss, Menopause Symptoms, Hormones, Fifty News, 2012, Estrogen, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

Now, I'm not saying you should go out and buy some coveralls and start braiding your hair again with a soggy stuffed animal in hand, but if you're going to focus on any one resolution, resolve to value yourself, not a number.

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Hormone Replacement Therapies Are Hot Again

The Huffington Post | Laura Paull | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Health Post50, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Estrogen, Women, Hormone Replacement, Hormone-Supplement, Female Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, Fifty News

They're back: Estrogen supplements and hormone replacement therapies that women rejected en masse a decade ago when a major study reported significant...

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How Running Helped Me Cope With Breast Cancer

Andrea Paine | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Heathy-Living, Estrogen, Inspiration, Running, Breast Cancer Survivor, Healthy Weight, Women News
Andrea Paine

My girls were 13, 11 and 7 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Running gave me the physical and mental fortitude to deal with my operations, treatment and emotional stress.

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Is Sex Really Better After 50? The Results Are In

The Huffington Post | Evan Allis | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Sexual Activity, Women's Health Initiative, Estrogen, Women Over 50, Sexual Desire, lovepost50, Love Post50, Menopause, Fifty News

A new study from the Women’s Health Initiative has found that, contrary to popular belief, older women are generally satisfied with their sex lives ...

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Menopause, Hormone Therapy And Endometriosis

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Estrogen, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Love & Sex, Personal Health, Women's Health, Menopause, Hormone Therapy, Endometriosis, Estradiol, Healthy Living News
Patricia Yarberry Allen

Endometriosis is a disease that affects more than six million women in the United States alone.

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A New Look At The Older Vagina

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Estrogen, Vitamins, Naturopathic Medicine, Women's Health, Zinc, Women's Sexual Health, Menopause, Estrogen Alternatives, Kegel Exercises, Mid-Life Women, Vaginal Health, Health News, Sex, Home News
Marcia G. Yerman

At a time when men's concerns around their aging penises get constant print and media attention, women are woefully ignorant about the changes that are taking place with their genitals.

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Maine and Bisphenol-A: Of Beards and Breasts

Jean Halloran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Estrogen, Bpa, Bisphenol A, Maine, Paul Lepage Maine Governor, Personal Health, Food News
Jean Halloran

Somehow the Governor seems to have confused estrogen, the hormone that makes girls look like girls, with testosterone, the hormone that makes men grow beards and controls other sex characteristics.

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Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer: More Bad News

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patricia Yarberry Allen, Estrogen, Wvfc, Breast Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Bio-Identical Hormones, Women's Voices for Change, New York Times, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Dr. Pat, Cancer, Million Woman Study, Home News
Patricia Yarberry Allen

The Million Women Study is a British observational study that began in May 1996 and ended in December 2001.

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Estrogen Therapy Revisited: Does It Decrease Breast Cancer?

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Estrogen, Breast Cancer, Menopause, Hormone Therapy, Home News
Patricia Yarberry Allen

Scientists and physicians will need to evaluate Dr. Joseph Ragaz's hypothesis that the estrogen made by the post menopausal woman from conversion of male hormone derived from the ovaries is carcinogenic.

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The Weekly Pulse: Michael Pollan's Rules for Thanksgiving, Plus Whole Foods' Healthcare Lies

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Mackey, Whole Foods, Flight Attendant, RH Reality Check, Rules, Thanksgiving, Weight, Pollution, Pilot, Obesity, Tsa, Birth Control Pill, X-Ray, Estrogen, Michael Pollan, Mother Jones, Scanner, Health Insurance, Food, Ee2, Contraception, Affordable Care Act, Working in These Times, Grist, Union, Home News
The Media Consortium

Editor's Note: Happy Thanksgiving from the Media Consortium! This week, we aren't stopping The Audit, The Pulse, The Diaspora, or The Mulch, but we ar...

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Weekly Mulch: What's in Your Water? Nuclear Waste, Coal Slurries and Industrial Estrogen

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger It won't be long before the world has to confront its diminishing supply of clean water. "We've had the sa...

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Rabbit Food Absorbs Sex Hormones From Polluted Water

Discovery News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bunny Food Pollution, Bunny Food Estrogen, Estrogen in Water, Estrogen, Estrogen Contamination, Health, Estrogen Pollution, Rabbit Food Pollution, Animals, Rabbit Food Estrogen, Estrogen Bunny Food, Water Estrogen, Estrogen Rabbit Food, Green News

Rabbit food reduced the presence of estrogen in contaminated water by more than 80 percent, said researchers from the University of Cincinnati in the ...

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A Big Problem: Girls are Developing Breasts Earlier

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Bpa, Estrogen, Puberty, Diet, Environmental Health, Healthy Living News
Gary Liberson, PhD

Girls are developing breasts earlier, and everyone should be concerned. While I am generally not prone to being an alarmist, the collection of data on this subject is just plain scary.

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Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details

T.S. Wiley | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Estrogen, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's, Menopause, Healthy Living News
T.S. Wiley

Overall, bio-identical hormones when delivered biomimically and monitored to be in sync with your body will have a dramatic effect on your whole mental balance as well as body balance.

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Chin Hairs and Charm

Denise Vivaldo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Estrogen, Chin Hair, Charming, The Balanced Life, Charm School, Charm Tips, Charm, How to Charm, How to Be Charming, Healthy Living News
Denise Vivaldo

As a woman of a certain age who "forgot to have children", I never thought much of estrogen until the chin hairs appeared and my charm disappeared. Simultaneously.

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Do Men Really Have Shorter Attention Spans?

Real Simple | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Concentration, Estrogen, Gender Differences, Brain Chemistry, Relationships, Female Brain, Health, Male Attention Span, Attention Problems, Pregnancy, Menustration, Fatigue, Male Brain, Healthy Living News

He doesn't have a shorter attention span; women are just biologically wired to pay attention to different things than men are, says Kathleen Nadeau, P...

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In The Public Interest: Get toxic chemicals off our dinner table

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Estrogen, In the Public Interest, Baby Bottles, Toxics, Children, Bpa Baby Bottles, Public Interest, Bisphenol A, U.S. PIRG, Childhood Nutrition, Obesity, Pirg, Feinstein, Senate, Healthy Living News
Elizabeth Hitchcock

We ask a lot of questions about food. What's the fat content? How much sugar? Is there enough fiber? What about trans fats? Is this the brand of (...

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Experts: One-Third Of Breast Cancer Is Avoidable

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Estrogen, Health, Exercise, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention, Diet, Obesity, Healthy Living News

BARCELONA, Spain — Up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more, researchers ...

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