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A pause for thought about menopause

November 25 2009
By PSA.org.au
A pause for thought about menopause

A recent court decision in the United States has once again brought into question the hormone replacement treatment of post menopausal symptoms. Menopause, which is defined as the permanent cessation of menstruation, normally occurs in a woman’s life between the mid-forties and mid-fifties; so most women will now live at least a third of their...
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A pause for thought about health

May 28 2008
By PSA.org.au

The word “climacteric” literally means a critical or crucial time – a year when there are significant changes in health or fortune. Most often the word is used to describe that time in life when there is a decrease in the ability to reproduce – in women leading to the menopause.
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