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Standing up for those who can’t: Ever since last month’s Government Accountability Office report on sexual assault in the military, some prominent women have called the Pentagon to task for its response — including prominent members of the House Armed Services Committee. Last week, the committee finally was able to question Kaye Whitley, director of the Defense Department’s Sexual Assault…

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News Mix: In Texas, Where Women of a Certain Age Rule; Silvio Berlusconi Says it Again; Interview with Aging Expert Dr. Robert Butler; Meet 100-Year-Old Anna Orr; Estrogen Linked to Benign Breast Lumps; “My Favorite Midlife Crisis (Yet)”

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A Town Where the Good Ol’ Boys Are All Women of a Certain Age: A one-stoplight town in the Texas panhandle is drawing attention for a noteworthy first: All the elected leaders are women. The AP’s Betsy Blaney writes: Peggy Baer was elected mayor in May 2007 and leads a five-woman board of aldermen – yes, aldermen – in this…

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Ask Dr. Pat: Estrogen Loss and Weight Gain

By Womens Voices for Change

by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD | bio Women who take estrogen often complain to me that it makes them fat. Women who are menopausal and who have chosen not to use hormone therapy complain that loss of hormones has made them fat. My usual response, assuming the patient has no underlying health problem, is that eating too much of the…

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Ask Dr. Pat: Estrogen Patch Safety

By Womens Voices for Change

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: Breast cancer rates are down, presumably because fewer women are using hormone therapy systemically. Should I stop using my estrogen patch? Dr. Pat: If a patient has used hormone therapy for…

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Poetry Sunday: ‘Bright Stain,’ by Francesca Bell

By Rebecca Foust

My poems “Revision” and “Definitions” were both written out of a need to grapple with my experience of being trapped and defined by my female body—by the physical, biological, often excruciating facts of it—in a way that men are spared.

Ask Dr. Pat · Menopause

Surgical Menopause

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Dr. Pat offers advice to a woman on how to thrive in the second half of life after she had surgical menopause from a hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries in her early forties.

Ask Dr. Pat · Health

Perimenopausal Heavy Bleeding: Is It Normal?

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Physiological change in the menopausal transition will cause many alterations in hormonal, physical and emotional aspects of life, but it is not the cause of every symptom in a woman past age 40. New symptoms must always be evaluated.

Ask Dr. Pat · Menopause

For Weight Loss Management in Perimenopause,
a Personalized Plan Works Best

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Recognize that you are in a transition that is not just a hormonal one, but a transition into that second half of life where your wisdom and determination to find and achieve your personal best is certainly attainable.

Menopause

Early Menopause and Depressive Mood Disorder

By Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen and Megan Riddle, Ph.D., M.S

Women who experience menopause at a young age, as studies show, seem to be at a slightly increased risk of developing depression.

Health

Osteoporosis Prevention

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

The greatest bone loss occurs is in the first 5 years after menopause. This is what every woman in her 40s should do to optimize lifelong bone health.

General Medical · Health

Memory, Aging and Dementia

By Gayatri Devi, MD, MS, FAAN

The symptoms of dementia vary depending on type, but all of them are characterized by nerve cell death that results in loss of memory, language, and other cortical functions, including the ability to communicate, reason and participate in daily activities.

Ask Dr. Pat · Menopause

Menopause: Getting It Right

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

It is often frightening for women who had mothers who were such poor role models for the management of midlife to think about and plan for the menopausal transition.

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News Brief: Rep. Susan Davis, Col. Ann Wright, DOD’s Kaye Whitley on Military Rape; Estrogen Cream No Help Where It Matters Most; Newsweek Worries About Over-40 Moms

News Mix: In Texas, Where Women of a Certain Age Rule; Silvio Berlusconi Says it Again; Interview with Aging Expert Dr. Robert Butler; Meet 100-Year-Old Anna Orr; Estrogen Linked to Benign Breast Lumps; “My Favorite Midlife Crisis (Yet)”

Ask Dr. Pat: Estrogen Loss and Weight Gain

Ask Dr. Pat: Estrogen Patch Safety

Poetry Sunday: ‘Bright Stain,’ by Francesca Bell

Surgical Menopause

Perimenopausal Heavy Bleeding: Is It Normal?

For Weight Loss Management in Perimenopause,
a Personalized Plan Works Best

Early Menopause and Depressive Mood Disorder

Osteoporosis Prevention

Memory, Aging and Dementia

Menopause: Getting It Right

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