Recently my sister and I went away for the week-end. We booked 2 nights in a hotel that had sleep number beds. This wasn’t the reason we booked this hotel, it was all about location for us, but what the heck try something new. Our huge lovely room had 2 queen size beds. Each bed…
DetailsA new drug for genetic breast cancer is showing promise. A small study in the UK with the drug Olaparib, from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, is showing promise in shrinking and stopping tumor growth. Olaparib works by blocking a protein found in cancer cells with patients who have a BRCA-related breast cancer. What is very exciting…
DetailsCan you imagine performing a biopsy on your self? What about diagnosing your self with breast cancer? Can you grasp what it must have been like to watch your tumor grow and not be able to get treatments? Dr. Jerri Nielsen lived through this as a physician at the South Pole, but passed away recently…
DetailsMenopause turns mouseopause to fight rice crop damages in the world.
DetailsEveryone or almost everyone knows that menopause can cause bone loss which can lead to osteoporosis. Some people, women in particular who are slim, small boned, Caucasian and blue eyed may be more prone to osteoporosis. Chemotherapy is notorious for causing bone loss as a side effect. What many people don’t know about is the…
DetailsSummer is here and with the economy and energy conscious measures, it means a very hot summer for many. Women who are having hot flashes are already challenged from the heat. They are having their own personal summer everyday, no need to exasperate it with 80º temperatures and humidity. The question to be answered is…
DetailsSurvivorship comes in many forms. Surviving the loss of a loved one, a parent, a spouse, a child, a friend, a beloved pet, or an accident, a divorce, or an illness are all a part of life. Survivorship can in retrospect have some laughable moments; your wedding, your child’s wedding, adolescence, family reunions, a conference,…
DetailsLast week I was in the post office parking lot, gathering my packages together in my car when I heard a big crunch. I looked out my rear window and saw that two cars had backed up opposite each other at the same time and Crunch! Both drivers appeared to be middle age women. One…
DetailsAbout 10 years ago I started doing extra work in movies, commercials and instructional videos. It is fun, doesn’t pay that well, not very glamorous, but always interesting. It is show biz! For some time I had a gig once a month. I even got my husband involved. He got a print shoot that paid…
DetailsWho knew going through menopause was going to make you cool, hip and very today? I just thought I was hot, but now I know I am HOT! Have you watched ‘The View’ recently? Whoopi and Joy are always fanning themselves, the international sign of a hot flash. Oprah does not admit to being hot…
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