Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

How can you tell if the physical symptoms you are experiencing are from menopause or from a much more serious problem like a heart attack? Dr. Jeff Hersh, a columnist with the Taunton Daily Gazette, recently addressed this question, noting that there are several misconceptions about heart disease in women that first must be understood.

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Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company that makes hormone replacement therapies Prempro and Premarin, announced today that it is ending its research in its signature areas of contraceptives and menopause treatments to focus on other female problems such as ovarian and breast cancers, according to the Associated Press/Washington Post.

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Oestrogen and progesterone are necessary hormones for reproduction which are produced naturally by a woman’s ovaries. At around the age of 50 the body slows down and eventually stops production of these hormones, which brings on the menopause or ‘change of life’. The menopause is, strictly speaking, the moment when a woman no longer has menstrual periods, but the term is generally used to describe the years leading up to and after that time.

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