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Hot Flash Havoc offers amusing insight into menopause
KIAHCheck this out: Everyday 6,000 women in the U.S. alone start menopause and by 2015 we’re told there will be 1.7 billion women worldwide experiencing some form of menopause. But there’s help! Women are getting educated at a much younger age,...Tags: Physical Conditions, Health
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Nor shortage of reasons for oral contraceptives
Rush Limbaugh is an attention-hogging, obnoxious and ignorant loud mouth ("Rush to judgment on birth control," March 7). His crudeness sicken me. The controversies about oral contraceptives are passe. Yes, insurance companies have to make them available...Tags: Mouth, Physical Conditions, Birth Control, Endometriosis, Cancer
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Caring for your bones: Local doctor has concerns over recent study
The study could be misleading.
That’s the concern of Melanie Manary, a doctor with the Bone Health Center at Internal Medicine of Northern Michigan in Petoskey.
Manary is referring to a recent study reported in the New England Journal of...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Internal Medicine, Drugs and Medicines, Cancer, Health Organizations
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Not older, but getting better
Some days it's all you can do to not eat the whole chocolate cake, covered with chocolate ice cream and slathered with chocolate syrup. I had my annual visit to my doctor so she could write me an order to get my annual mammogram. She said the bone...Tags: Calcium, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Chocolate Cake, Osteoporosis
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Study: Bone drug boosts breast cancer survival
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to keep their bones strong during breast cancer treatment. Seven years later, they found it did more than that: The bone drug...Tags: Physical Conditions, Biotechnology, Austria, Health Treatments, Cancer
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6,000 women a day hit menopause
American babies are most likely to be born in August and on Tuesdays, least likely in November and on Sundays. A female is born with 1 million eggs, but only about 300 of the hardiest make it to the final gate, ovulation. About 6,000 women reach menopause...Tags: Physical Conditions, Leslie Mann, Women's Health, Cancer, Social Issues
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'Motherhood' is coming to the Royal George
The next show at the Royal George Theatre mainstage will be "Motherhood the Musical," a carefully targeted commercial show with mothers of all stripes in its marketing sights. "We have high hopes for a nice long stay in Chicago," said producer Alan Glist,...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Music, Concerts, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Motherhood (movie)
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Community Commentary: Women, don't be afraid to take hormones
Birth control hormones (BCH) and menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) are on my artist's palette as a psychosexual gynecologist. Their judicious use, mostly out of regular pharmacies, safely improves the quality and length of life of females from puberty to...Tags: Medical Specialization, Birth Control, Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Obstetrics
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Strong bones need more than calcium
Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become weak or even brittle. Anyone can develop osteoporosis; however, women are five times more likely — especially those who go through menopause before the age of 45 — to develop...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Women's Health, Broken Bones, Arthritis, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Starting is the hardest part
It was a showdown that could reach epic proportions if it wasn't nipped in the bud from the very beginning. I was firmly standing my ground. I would not relent. Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" lyric was playing in my head. "Better stand tall when they're...Tags: Festive Events, Bleep (euphemism), Arts and Culture, Bon Jovi (music group)
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Elizabeth Hurley For Breast Cancer Awareness
Evelyn H. Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President of The Estée Lauder Companies, launched The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign in 1992 to raise awareness about the importance of breast health and early detection, and to raise...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Demographics, Health Organizations, Cancer, Medical Research
Mar 29, 2012
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Mar 9, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 21, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Feb 16, 2012
|Column| Daily American
Jan 10, 2012
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Dec 8, 2011
|Story| Petoskey News
Dec 28, 2011
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 8, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jul 13, 2011
|Story| Daily Pilot
Apr 24, 2012
|Column| Herald Mail
Apr 26, 2012
|Column| Daily American
Sep 26, 2011
|Story| WPIX-LTV
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