Post Menopause

By Deena Beasley CHICAGO, June 3 (Reuters) - Breast cancer is less likely to recur if women previously treated for the disease take the drug tamoxifen for 10 years, instead of the recommended five years, according to a British study. The study was a...

Wendy Wolf (whose name has been changed to respect her privacy), 62, of Boca Raton, a slim, attractive blonde with green eyes and the ability to still turn heads, is vivacious, pretty and popular. Attracting men is never a problem. Men find her pretty,...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A daily dose of ospemifene, an estrogen-like drug, helped lessen pain during intercourse caused by vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women, in a new study. "This appears to be a good alternative for women who can't or choose...

Low libido can not only ruin a women's sex life but could also cause her to miss out on some key health benefits. Dr. Valerie Omicioli, a certified menopause practitioner and clinical assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences...

More than half of American women over the age of 60 take vitamin D and calcium supplements, but the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said this week that they’re probably wasting their money. In a new recommendations from the federal government&...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Many people exercise and still find it hard to lose weight.  One man turned to some high tech tools to find a weight loss solution. Brett Sheets was in Missouri State University's Body Composition Lab on a recent day.  He was hooked up...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women who eat a lot of starchy and sweet carbohydrates may be at increased risk of a less common but deadlier form of breast cancer, a new study suggests. The findings, from a study of nearly 335,000 European women, do...

Many women are advised to take a calcium supplement for healthy bones, especially after menopause (when decreasing estrogen levels accelerate bone loss). In fact, the majority of American women over 31 take calcium supplements, says a 2010 study in The...

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...

Cheryl Corbin's mother and grandmother had breast cancer, so an oncologist suggested she be tested for an inherited gene mutation linked to the disease. But when the results came in, she didn't show up to hear them. "I was afraid to hear the words,"...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking extra soy supplements did not help stave off artery hardening in a new study of postmenopausal women. But, researchers said, soy showed a possible benefit in young women just a few years after menopause -- warranting...