2009-05-08T12:49:28+0000">May 8, 2009 – 12:49 pm
The other disadvantage of progestogen is that it may negate some of the advantages of oestrogen in preventing disease of the arteries. Oestrogen appears to reduce fats and cholesterols that circulate in the blood, and progestogen may increase them. So, as long as you need to take progestogen, you might not be getting the lowered [...]
2009-04-21T06:03:46+0000">April 21, 2009 – 6:03 am
Menopause is a powerful marker of age, and the end of menstrual periods confronts women with their own ageing more dramatically than any biological process experienced by men. This is at once a boon and a problem. It may be regarded as a boon because it can trigger a stocktaking by women that allows them [...]
2009-04-21T05:59:33+0000">April 21, 2009 – 5:59 am
Anxiety One of the most distressing of the emotions reported by women at menopause is anxiety, which is often described as a feeling of impending doom. In the case of Joan, anxiety attacks became so severe around the time of her menopause that she withdrew from most of her former activities outside the home. Her [...]
2009-04-21T05:55:26+0000">April 21, 2009 – 5:55 am
The hormones prescribed at and after menopause have powerful effects on many body systems. The very fact that they can dampen down hot flushes and night sweats in a matter of days, improve vaginal and urinary symptoms just as quickly, and change the course of heart disease and osteoporosis over a longer period is an [...]
2009-04-21T05:49:24+0000">April 21, 2009 – 5:49 am
Disadvantages include skin reactions in some women, the cost (double that of pills), and the need to remember to change patches twice weekly. Skin irritation, which some studies indicate is a problem in up to 40 per cent of users, may be overcome by regularly changing the position of the patch on your body. Another [...]