For something that half the population will experience, the silence from modern Western medicine around this stage of life is deafening. Our m…
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Menopause is a universal and natural phase that impacts all women and manifests in a variety of often perplexing ways, yet, it remains shroude…
Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms — and new research suggests whether they choose pills, patches or creams might matter for their blood pressure. Women are more prone to heart disease after menopause and high blood pressure is one key risk factor. Canadian researchers tracked records of 112,000 women who used estrogen-only hormone therapy. Those taking oral estrogen were more likely to develop high blood pressure than those taking versions absorbed vaginally or through the skin. The findings were published Monday in the journal Hypertension.
Laura “Jean” Paulson, born in Oakland, California, Aug. 5, 1945, died peacefully May 2, 2017.
Peter Jerome White died March 3, 2017, in San Mateo of pancreatic cancer.
SACRAMENTO — A bill that would ban the chemical bisphenol A from plastic baby bottles or cups has been passed by the Legislature.
