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Newsflash: Ethnic, flashing and menstruating. Three’s a charm? 26 Aug 2013 | 05:40 pm
Sounds too awful to be true. However, a study of an ethnically diverse group of women has shown that having regular periods, which, theoretically indicates that hormone levels are more on par than the...
Wednesday Bubble: Sexual health and hypnosis 21 Aug 2013 | 05:34 pm
You’re getting verrrrrrry… turned on? According to a newly reported study during this month’s American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, hypnosis might be the very thing to improve sexual de...
Reach for the middle! 19 Aug 2013 | 03:36 pm
It’s easy to reach for the top. We’re almost mandated to do it, right? Nike told us: “You don’t win silver, you lose gold.” Vince Lombardi exhorted: “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” St...
Wednesday Bubble: This is your brain on menopause 14 Aug 2013 | 03:25 pm
Yup, it’s that old tell tale sign of middle age, overload and what else? Menopause? In a newly published online review, researchers report that between perimenopause and postmenopause, there are signi...
Black cohosh: dose matters 12 Aug 2013 | 03:42 pm
[Image: Thomas L. Muller, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Digital Image Library at the University of Texas, Austin] I have written frequently about black cohosh on Flashfree. And consistently, the r...
Fit to be tied: MsFLASH and exercise 9 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
Exercise. Does it or doesn’t it? That is, does exercise improve menopausal symptoms? Some studies have shown that it does; and others, like the one I am about to share, shows that it does not. I am f...
Newsflash: MsFLASH needs participants 7 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I know, it’s Wednesday and you are probably thinking that I’m taking a mick; who else would be Ms. FLASH than me, right?! However, this is a bonefide ask and post. MsFLASH –Menopause Strategies: Findi...
Feeling lonely? Meditate! 5 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
I spent this past weekend in NYC, the place that I once called home and in my heart of hearts, still do. But as I sat at lunch yesterday and watched people stroll by, I realized that many of them were...
In the Flash: June/July Roundup 2 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
Can you believe that it’s August already?! I feel as though the Summer has flown by and that I’ve been unconsciously busy for most of it. Since it may be the case that between work, vacations and cele...
Wednesday Bubble: Newsflash – sleep and skin aging 31 Jul 2013 | 03:46 pm
Whoa! I have some news to share this week and it’s not good for those of us who struggle nightly with their sleep. Poor sleep has been linked to premature skin aging and an overall reduced skin health...
