A WVFC interview with Deutsche Bank’s Karen Weaverby Elaine Lafferty We kept hearing about this woman named Karen Weaver (left), a top Wall Street analyst, who correctly sounded the alarm three years ago about the subprime mortgage crisis that has shaken the global economy (PDF) to its core. If only Wall Street and the banking [...]

Welcome to the Club!: Happy Birthday to Ashley Judd, who turned 40 April 19. In addition to having two films currently in production, Judd is the "face" of American Beauty, an Estee Lauder cosmetic brand, and a well-known activist on behalf of humanitarian and political issues. Also turning 40 this year: Kristin Chenoweth, Patricia Arquette, [...]

This week’s New York Magazine has a wild story about the firing of Morgan Stanley executive Zoe Cruz, 52, perhaps the most powerful woman on Wall Street. The story is a dramatic tale of the double standards that women in finance face. Wall Street women, by and large, were not surprised. In tough financial times, [...]

by Laura Sillerman | bio There has been a ban on solo opera encores at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan since 1933. (That’s thirty-three). At the Metropolitan Opera they’ve been banned for the bulk of the 20th century-plus (with the exception of Pavarotti’s second act aria in “Tosca” in ’94). Let’s just say the [...]

Have a question about women’s health or menopause? Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen may have the answer. Click here to send in your question to be posted on WVFC. Question: I am 55 years old and have not had a period for three years. My physician asked me to get my first bone density test last [...]

Madonna Still a Kid in a Candy Store: The world’s most-successful female musician — who turns 50 in August — releases a new album today, titled "Hard Candy," to mostly positive reviews. So we felt it was our duty to share the first single with you. Have "4 Minutes" to spare? Designing for the Senior [...]

by Agnes Krup Judging from the look of her face, my friend Judy must have thought I was insane when I told her that I was going to spend a week in Romania. She has lived in Budapest for more than 30 years and has never set foot there. When I visited with her for [...]

French actress Juliette Binoche, 44, has slammed the US for its obsession with "youth and big breasts." Older women are considered beautiful in her home country and do not feel under pressure to go under the knife to maintain their looks. "Personally I've always thought French women bloom at 40 and for me it's completely [...]

by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD and the Board of WVFC We applaud Courtney Cox as she was quoted in a recent major news item dismissing reports that she is unable to conceive and is in menopause. Her personal gynecologic history is no one’s business. But as she is 43, she has in fact joined us [...]

Menopause and Me: Ireland’s Minister for Health, Mary Harney, today published "Menopause and Me," hailed as the largest ever study in Ireland on awareness, attitudes and experiences of menopause. The Women’s Health Council carried out the study, and it’s available online. Here’s an excerpt from The Irish Times: Some 59 per cent of women aged [...]