Women with hot flashes and night sweats live longer

Women with hot flashes and night sweats live longer

Reasonably healthy menopausal women with hot flashes and night sweats, have a nearly 30 percent lower risk of dying over 20 years than women without these classic menopause symptoms. This data comes  from the Rancho Bernardo study, and is published in the Menopause journal. I’ve always wondered why Mother Nature challenges menopausal women with hot […]

Gardasil Vaccine Update

Gardasil Vaccine Update

September 2009 Finally, the American Medical Association (AMA) has spoken some truth about the controversial vaccine Gardasil, the mainstream media has picked up the story, and doctors are “just saying no,” to it for their patients. An article in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA, August 19, 2009) takes […]

Top Reasons to Avoid Hand Sanitizers

Top Reasons to Avoid Hand Sanitizers

With H1N1 swine flu hysteria sweeping the nation, hand washing has never been so popular and hand sanitizer gels and wipes are the new must-have item for every kitchen and bathroom sink, schoolroom, day care center, doctor’s office and purse. Just slather them on the hands and voila! Germs are gone! But it’s possible that […]

Drugs that can Harm the Immune System and Lungs

Drugs that can Harm the Immune System and Lungs

The flu is rarely deadly. It's flu that becomes pneumonia that kills. Prescription and over-the-counter drugs should be seriously considered on the list of things that could potentially make people more susceptible to having a flu that morphs into a deadly pneumonia. Steroids All steroid drugs, from corticosteroids to anabolic steroids, suppress the immune system […]

Zostavax, the Shingles Vaccine

Zostavax, the Shingles Vaccine

A Hopkins Health Watch Q&A Q: I have a question about the new shingles vaccine, Zostavax. Since vaccines are in the news and more of us aging women are being recommended to receive this vaccine, I am curious to know your view. Is this a highly rated and useful vaccine, based on the fact that […]

Bioidentical Hormone Mega-dosing Causes Harm

Bioidentical Hormone Mega-dosing Causes Harm

Dear Reader, I'm sharing this letter (below) with you in order to once again emphasize that while natural or bioidentical hormones can literally be lifesavers for many women, when properly and prudently prescribed, there are approaches to hormone replacement that, bioidentical or not, can have devastating effects on a woman's health. Bottom line, mega-dosing of […]

The Flu and Pneumonia

The Flu and Pneumonia

What your doctor may not tell you… Dear Reader, The majority of  so-called “influenza deaths” are really cases of the flu that become deadly bacterial or viral pneumonia. Why does swine flu, and seasonal flu for that matter, sometimes morph into deadly pneumonia? When we consider that 99% of people who get the swine flu […]

The Truth about Osteoporosis

A crippling disease that is preventable and reversible. By John R. Lee, M.D. and Virginia Hopkins Although cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among American women, osteoporosis is the disease they are most likely to develop as they age. Four out of ten white women in the U.S. will fracture a hip, spine, […]

NIH Testosterone Trial for Men Over 65

NIH Testosterone Trial for Men Over 65

Thoughtful doctors have been prescribing testosterone for older men for decades, and now, finally, the government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) is conducting a clinical trial to find out if testosterone replacement in men aged 65 and older will help their walking, vitality, sexual function, memory, blood count, and cardiovascular risk. The Testosterone Trial, or […]