One tablet (150mg) of the drug ibandronate (Boniva) a month could help women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Boniva is related to the drugs Fosamax and Actonel both of which are available to be taken by mouth daily or weekly. All these are all drugs which help to prevent and treat osteoporosis after menopause. Boniva can be [...]
Meat is good! Well, it’s not all bad anyway. There are several things that have been linked to breast cancer in postmenopausal women like smoking e.t.c. Well, now it looks like eating meat is not one of them. Meat produces chemicals called “meat mutagens”, which are thought to cause changes in the DNA in cells. [...]
Postmenopausal women who get less than 6 hours sleep or more than 9 hours a day are more likely to develop ischemic stroke than those who sleep for 7 hours. Women who slept more than 9 hours a day were over 70% more likely, and those who slept less than 6 hours were 14% more [...]
Scientists at the University of East Anglia in the UK are carrying out a study to see if chocolate can reduce the risk of developing heart disease in post-menopausal women with type 2 diabetes. Chocolate is made out of cocoa which is rich in substances called flavonoids which are thought to be good for the [...]
Can a handful of dried plums (prunes) save you from a long stay in hospital? Osteoporosis makes the bones fragile so they fracture easily with very little force or stress. In the first 7 years after menopause, women can lose up to 5% of their bone mass every year. About 8 million women have osteoporosis [...]
