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Letters: Facts about menopause
Re "Menopause: Is men's taste to blame?," June 15 The report provides scant evidence that a genetic mutation caused menopause in aging women, that male preference for young women is responsible for the accumulation of that gene over time, or that men...Tags: Physical Conditions
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Did menopause arise because men prefer younger women?
Thanks a lot, guys: According to new research, your preference for younger mates could have caused menopause to arise in women. Writing in the journal PLOS Computational Biology on Thursday, a team from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, reported...
Tags: Science, Biology, Physical Conditions, University of California, Davis, Science and Technology
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Menopause the Musical
The hilarious musical sendup that puts some noise in “the silent passage” celebrates 3,000 performances in Las Vegas on April 15. The story has four women with seemingly nothing in common meeting in a tussle over a sale-rack bra at...
Tags: Music, Entertainment
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Female Lawyers for Female Cases
The law aims to protect men and women equally. Yet some types of cases nearly beg for female representation-and don't get it. That's why Karen Barth Menzies, partner at Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro & Davis, has devoted her career to taking on the...
Tags: Zoloft (drug), Defendants, Justice System, Litigation and Regulation, Companies and Corporations
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For the forgetful in menopause, brain works harder to keep up
Around the time of menopause, many women complain of mental slippage. But, as if to inflict some perverse trick upon them, cognitive scientists have found that they actually perform no more poorly than women who do not have such complaints. (Reassuring in...Tags: Hormone Replacement Therapy, Colleges and Universities, Breast Cancer, Hormones and Metabolism, Concerts
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'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' recap: To Sur, with love
Show TrackerI packed your nylons for you. Let’s just leave that alone for a second. This season, I have been complaining ceaselessly about two things: 1) Every episode of RHOBH, and I mean EVERY, has been a fabulous party, jaunt, or repast, and 2) at these... -
Menopause the Musical
Las Vegas doesn’t always do the greatest job of rolling out the red carpet for middle-aged women. If you’ve left your hot-babe years in the rear-view mirror, you can feel invisible.
Fortunately, there is “Menopause the Musical,”...Tags: Health, Physical Conditions, Music Theater
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Breast cancer drug may slow lung cancer's march
The breast cancer drug tamoxifen may stall the progression of non-small cell lung cancer in those who take it after breast cancer treatment, a new study has found. Tamoxifen is the oldest of a wide array of medications that block the action of the...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Drugs and Medicines, Breast Cancer, Hormones and Metabolism, Medical Research
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A Boost for Women's Low Libido?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThanks to Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, men with erectile dysfunction can get on board the Food and Drug Administration-approved love train. But women who experience a different sexual problem -- sagging libido -- have been left at the station. That may be...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Drugs and Medicines, Cleveland, Ovaries, Breast Cancer
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Drop in testosterone can affect sexual desire in men and women
A dizzying number of factors can conspire against sexual desire as midlife approaches: depression, medications, illness, career worries, financial pressures, marriage troubles, young children in the home (or an empty nest), the sense that life is half...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Drugs and Medicines, Hormones and Metabolism, Viagra (drug), Food and Drug Administration
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Antidepressants linked to higher risk of stroke, death in women after menopause
Booster ShotsPost-menopausal women taking antidepressants are at higher risk of suffering a stroke or of dying of any cause than are those who do not take such medications, a study released Monday found. The authors of the study, published in the......
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