Archive for the 'Menopause' Category
Getting Pregnant on the First Try
Sometimes life just isn’t fair. You have been trying to have a baby for months (or maybe years) and your best friend gets pregnant the first month she “tries.” Or didn’t even try. Why do some couples have it so easy?
Getting pregnant is a game of statistics. Two very fertile people who have sex together [...]
Are You Getting Enough Iron?
Many women feel constant fatigue and weakness. They eat a balanced diet yet still feel unhealthy. This is more common among menopausal women. The answer many times is an iron deficiency. When a woman looses blood she needs to replenish her body with iron. Meat is probably the richest source, but for those who [...]
No commentsPharmacies Mislead Consumers
At what level is the line passed between assertive marketing and misleading consumers with aggressively titled labels? That’s the question the FDA adressed in regards to seven pharmaceutical companies who marketed menopausal drugs as hormone replacements. The FDA decided that products labeled “bio-identical hormone replacement” were misleading and sounded as if the medication was an [...]
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