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Lysteda Approved for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

November 17, 2009 - 5:51am

(HealthDay News) -- Tranexamic acid (Lysteda) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first non-hormonal drug to treat heavy menstrual bleeding, a medical condition called menorrhagia. It works to stabilize a protein that helps blood clot.

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Estrogen Imbalances Creating Symptoms

Written by Dr. Daemon Jones on November 12, 2009 - 1:52pm

In the last blog I explained how the monthly menstrual cycle works. This sets the stage for understanding how imbalances in cycle can take place. During the menstrual cycle there are four hormones that are essential for the process to work. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estrogens and progesterone all have specific levels that need to be reached during different times of the menstrual cycle.

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Understand Our Menstrual Cycles - Let's Get Healthy

Written by Dr. Daemon Jones on November 10, 2009 - 3:15pm

Last week I started the process of de-mystifying our female hormone by talking about the group of steroid hormones known as estrogens. This week I want to explain how estrogens work in concert with our other female hormones to create a normal female menstrual cycle. Once we understand how our body acts normally then it will become easier to understand what happens when our body starts acting abnormally causing pain or discomfort.

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Acupressure Panties and You

Written by Jennifer Austin on November 8, 2009 - 6:05pm

It's eastern medicine at its finest: acupressure, or the relieving of ailments through direct pressure on the skin.

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Female Hormones - How are they Affecting Me?

Written by Dr. Daemon Jones on November 5, 2009 - 2:32pm

Today I want to talk about estrogens. Estrogens are a group of hormones that essential for women’s reproductive cycle health, menstruation, and fertility. Often when women talk about estrogens they will refer to estrogen as a single hormone when actually estrogens are a group of hormones. The major hormones we are talking about when we talk about estrogens are estrone, estrodial and estriol.

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Affordable Sanitary Pads for World's Poorest Women

Written by Anna Portela on November 3, 2009 - 2:50pm

A company called Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE), together with researchers from North Carolina State University, have joined forces to create economical and reliable sanitary pads for millions of women across the globe, who cannot afford the regular feminine products currently available.

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The Endometriosis Fix: Contraception?

Written by Jennifer Austin on October 31, 2009 - 3:16pm

If you were sexually active in the 1970’s, you might remember the Dalkon Shield. A real lemon of contraceptive methods, the poorly designed T-shaped device allowed bacteria from the vagina to ascend into sterile uterine ground. The Shield was a VIP invitation for pelvic disease.

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Natural Family Planning

Written by Shaina Gaul on October 20, 2009 - 8:06pm

The culture that we live in today has given rise to many fears regarding hormonal contraception and other barrier methods of preventing pregnancy. The widely-known side effects of the birth control pill include blood clots, stroke, high blood pressure, weight gain, headaches, fatigue, vaginal infections, and depression. While low-dose pills have been shown to reduce these effects, they still leave a woman prone to spotting, which is an indication that ovulation is not being thoroughly suppressed.

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Fertility Charting 101

Written by Shaina Gaul on October 20, 2009 - 10:19am

Many women choose to chart their monthly cycles in order to determine the days or weeks when they are most fertile. This can be helpful for couples struggling with infertility, but may also be used to avoid pregnancy without the use of hormonal contraceptives or barrier methods.

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Birth Control Pills Might Alter Mate Selection: Study

October 7, 2009 - 12:12pm

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Could birth control pills be taking human evolution in a whole new, and possibly detrimental, direction?

A review of past research finds that, by altering hormonal cycles, the pill might affect choice of mates among members of both genders in a way that could hinder successful reproduction in the future.

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Lysteda Approved for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Estrogen Imbalances Creating Symptoms

Understand Our Menstrual Cycles - Let's Get Healthy

Acupressure Panties and You

Female Hormones - How are they Affecting Me?

Affordable Sanitary Pads for World's Poorest Women

The Endometriosis Fix: Contraception?

Natural Family Planning

Fertility Charting 101

Birth Control Pills Might Alter Mate Selection: Study

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