Hot Flashes – Not Just a Nuisance

July 31, 2009

Although hot flashes are the target of many jokes, they can be serious life disruptors for many women impacting overall health and well-being. Flashes are more than just an inconvenience and research aimed at understanding their impact has shown a relationship between nighttime hot flashes and impaired verbal memory. Recent data also suggests that women [...]

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Memory, Learning and Depression in Perimenopause

July 16, 2009

Many mid-life women are concerned about brain changes as they age including memory loss and difficulties with concentration and learning. Scientists have validated these concerns and have demonstrated perimenopause does have a negative impact on both learning and memory. Although perimenopause may impact a woman’s ability to learn new information, brain function does improve with time [...]

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Sexual Changes During Perimenopause and Beyond

July 10, 2009

Many biological changes occur during perimenopause and continue after menopause, including changes in sexual function. Unfortunately, sexual function and its impact on women’s quality of life is infrequently discussed and rarely addressed during visits with healthcare providers. Women may experience decreased vaginal lubrication, decline in libido (sexual drive) and dyspareunia (painful intercourse). Estrogen levels, which [...]

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Overeating and the Brain

June 23, 2009

Dr. David A. Kessler, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, released his new book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. Tara Parker-Pope writes a thoughtful review of his book in the New York Times. Dr. Kessler’s book examines the food industry’s approach to creating potent ingredient combinations leading [...]

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Personalized Healthcare Reform

June 23, 2009

Proper nutrition – coupled with exercise – is the best tool in prevention of age-related diseases. Although most of us lack any formal nutrition education, common sense approaches go a long way towards making healthy choices. However, it’s clearly not enough when the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. (second only to [...]

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Is it Perimenopause?

June 19, 2009

Many women experience symptoms, yet never realize they are in the midst of perimenopause. This can be a confusing time and often there is little or no discussion with healthcare providers regarding expectations for this important, and sometimes difficult life transition. At Get Primed! we will have the discussion and will do our best to [...]

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Welcome

February 10, 2009

      Welcome to Get Primed! Peri-menopause and menopause are important health status milestones and for most women, mark a phase of life that requires the adoption of major lifestyle changes. It is a time for new approaches to diet, exercise, healthcare and beauty. The best strategy is to arm yourself with an understanding [...]

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