Sex, particularly good sex, apparently lowers the risk of hypertension for women of a certain age– 57 to 85 to be exact, according to researchers at Michigan State University. And men? Not so much. The same researchers found that having sex frequently and enjoying it puts men of the same […]
Women’s Health
Hormones For Menopause: Yes Or No?
Health experts have gone back and forth in the last decade on the wisdom using hormones to fend off some of the unpleasantries of menopause. Now comes New York Times health columnist Jane Brody with the latest take: “the benefits of short-term hormone treatment to control life-disrupting menopausal symptoms outweigh […]
Why Women Have Orgasms
Everyone knows why women fake orgasms; now researchers at Yale have come up with a theory about why women have orgasms in the first place. A Yale news release reports that, because orgasms play no obvious role in human reproduction, the research focused on a specific physiological trait that accompanies […]
Menopause Steals Exercise High
You know that wonderful high that often follows a good workout? Many post-menopausal women don’t know it, and researchers at the University of Missouri now think they know why. A U of Missouri news release reports that the researchers believe they found a connection between lack of ovarian hormones and changes in […]
Working Long Hours Hurts Women More Than Men
Working long hours can be bad for your health, particularly if you are a woman. Researchers at Ohio State University have found that women whose work weeks averaged longer than 60 hours for three decades were three times as likely to suffer from diabetes, cancer, heart trouble and arthritis than […]
Trees Are Good For Your Health
Yes trees. And other greenery, too. Researchers at Harvard’s Chan School of Public Health and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital have found that during an eight-year study period, there were fewer deaths among women who lived in the greenest surroundings. In fact. their mortality rate was 12 percent lower than those […]
Women And The Orgasm Mystery, Almost Solved
Even men, OK some men, realize that most women don’t have an orgasm “with penetration alone” during sex. Now, Dr. Maureen Whelihan, an expert with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, offers this explanation: anatomy. HealthDay reports that Whelihan has determined that a woman’s ability to orgasm during sex depends on […]
Female Viagra Just OK
Flibanserin, the first drug approved by the FDA to treat low sexual desire in women, is likely garner low desire for itself. The New York Times reports that researchers who analyzed eight studies involving 5,900 women concluded that treatment with the drug, now marketed as Addyi, resulted in “one-half of an […]
To Stay Young Longer, Have More Kids
Ok, it only works for women. Maybe. But researchers at Simon Fraser University are convinced that having more kids can make women’s bodies age more slowly. A news release from the school reports that a study of women in rural Guatemala found that those who had more children were more likely […]
Early Breast Cancer Treatment Is Questioned
First came questions about the wisdom of treating low-grade prostate cancer. Now comes a major epidemiological study–one that followed 100,000 women for 20 years– that raises similar questions about the effectiveness of  treating very early stage breast cancer, known as ductal carcinoma in situ, or D.C. I. S.  The New […]