_ Heart Health New Heart Disease Screening Target for Middle-Aged Black Women By Sondra Forsyth article Middle-aged black women have higher levels of a protein in their blood associated with a predictor of heart disease than … Read More→
_ Knee Pain (ACL Injuries, Knee Replacement) Medical Care Medical Procedures Hope for Better Knee-Injury Surgery By Jane Farrell article Researchers have discovered that fibrocartilage tissue in the knee has a more varied molecular structure than previously realized ΓÇô and … Read More→
_ Pets Finding Fido (and Fluffy, too)! By Sondra Forsyth article A survey was done a few years ago by the ASPCA┬« (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to … Read More→
_ Menopause The Hormone Therapy Decision By Jane Farrell article The end of the ΓÇ£hormone therapy eraΓÇ¥ appears to have been greatly exaggerated. More than a decade ago, research from … Read More→
_ Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Caregiving Vitamins Lack of Vitamin D Shows A Strong Link to Dementia By Jane Farrell article Researchers have found a strong link between Vitamin D insufficiency and memory loss that is associated with AlzheimerΓÇÖs disease and … Read More→
Osteoporosis Dental Implants = Better Quality of Life for Women with Osteoporosis By article Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis are at greater risk of losing their teeth. A study done in June 2015 at Case … Read More→
Hair Hope for a Baldness Cure By article A team led by University of Southern California Stem Cell Principal Investigator Cheng-Ming Chuong has demonstrated that by plucking 200 … Read More→
Pain Management WomenΓÇÖs Pain Is Often Mismanaged By article Despite the variety of effective treatments, and the number of physicians who specialize in treating pain, women often suffer unnecessarily … Read More→
Caregiving Money Matters Cost of Informal Caregiving Is $522 Billion Annually By Jane Farrell article The price tag for informal caregiving of elderly people by friends and relatives in the United States comes to $522 … Read More→
_ Medical Care Doctors & Patients Making Decisions Together By Sondra Forsyth article Shared decision-making is a concept thatΓÇÖs gaining traction in medicine, particularly in areas of health care, where patients are presented with more than one reasonable treatment option. The programs, which feature patient-education tools such as online surveys and videos, have several goals. One is to help people thoroughly understand their choices and assure them that they are making informed decisions.
_ Menopause Many Menopausal Women Go to Anti-Aging Docs By Sondra Forsyth article Feeling that conventional doctors did not take their suffering seriously, women instead sought out hormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms from anti-aging clinicians, according to a sudy done at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Medical Care Senior Health Orthopedic Surgery Safe at 80+ By Sondra Forsyth article Over the past decade, a greater number of patients age 80 and older have been undergoing elective orthopedic surgery. A study published in July 2014 in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that these surgeries are generally safe with mortality rates decreasing for total hip (THR) and total knee (TKR) replacement and spinal fusion surgeries, and complication rates decreasing for total knee replacement and spinal fusion in patients with few or no comorbidities (other conditions or diseases).
Male Menopause: No Longer a Myth, But a Medical Reality By blog My search to understand male menopause began in the early 1990s and was both personal and professional. Personally, I was nearing the age of 50 and my wife was telling me something was wrong. ΓÇ£YouΓÇÖre hormonal,ΓÇ¥ she told me. ΓÇ£ItΓÇÖs like youΓÇÖre going through menopause or something.ΓÇ¥ At first I laughed at the idea. But professionally many of my male clients were experiencing prostate problems, erectile dysfunctions, anger, depression, and other symptoms that I was learning were related to the ΓÇ£change of life.ΓÇ¥
_ Some Women May Need More Hormone Therapy By Jane Farrell article Researchers have found that for a substantial percentage of women, moderate to severe hot flashes last up to ten years or more after menopause, and that may mean hormone therapy should be prescribed for a longer period of time. Investigators from the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine discovered that for most women, moderate to severe hot flashes continue, on average, for just five years after menopause, but more than one third of women have hot flashes for a decade or beyond.