Menopause

Sedentary Behavior Does Not Predict Low Bone Density (BMD) Nor Fracture – CaMos Study 2024

Published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 24 January 2024 Are you concerned about the impact of sitting on your bone health? A recent study funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) finds that sitting does not impact bone health. The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos), a random trans-Canadian population-based investigation of…
Strong is the New Sexy: Bone Formation & Women’s Lifelong Bone Health

On May 21st 2015, Dr. Jerilynn Prior gave this public presentation about new research evidence and its implications for women’s bone health.
Dr. Prior’s Interviews: Growing Older Living Younger Podcast

In 2023, Dr. Prior was interviewed twice by Dr. Gillian Lockitch, host of the Growing Older Living Younger podcast.
Dr. Prior’s Interviews on Fempower Health-The Podcast

In 2021 and 2022, Dr. Jerilynn Prior was featured in four insightful podcast interviews conducted by Georgie Kovacs from Fempower Health. These episodes delve into crucial topics concerning women’s health, providing valuable information and expert perspectives.
Stride to Wellness: A Community Movement and Knowledge Exchange

On November 8, 2023, the CeMCOR team hosted a community event at the Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) store in Vancouver. The event included a run/walk led by Filsan Abdiaman, founder of Project Love Run, followed by a participatory design workshop involving community members, researchers, and facilitators. This workshop, a unique initiative by CeMCOR to strengthen…
Naming Women’s Midlife

For many decades, the language around women’s midlife has been confusing. Without clear names, treatments cannot be scientific. Some call “menopause” everything changing and negative for women in their 40s, or the “final menstrual flow” (which can’t be considered final without a no-period year). This confusion means Perimenopause, often women+’s most difficult time, gets lost.…
Video: Older Women’s Fracture Prevention-The Importance of Bone Formation

Women’s bone health is closely related to the ovarian hormones, estrogen and progesterone. We have known for decades that estrogen prevents bone loss (called resorption). Our current osteoporosis medicines primarily work like estrogen and prevent bone loss—that includes all the bisphosphonates and the antibody drug called Denosumab. But bone remodeling (or renovation) involves both removing…
Does Taking Progesterone (alone or with estrogen) Increase Women’s Risk for Breast Cancer?

QUESTION “I am using Prometrium® (oral micronized progesterone) 300 mg before bed, as it is the only intervention I have tried (pharmaceutical and naturopathic) that has worked. I am in perimenopause and have skipped one period but I am very concerned about breast cancer, and can’t seem to find any reliable information about how bio-identical…
Menstrual Flow and Timing Changes Following COVID-19 Infection or Vaccination

Acute COVID-19 Illness and Menstrual Cycles During hospitalization for acute illness with COVID-19 infection, younger women in Wuhan, China’s outbreak experienced changes in their menstrual cycles1. The most common change was to have menstrual cycles that were 33 or more days apart (that occurred for 42% of the 237 women studied)1. These longer cycles were…
Progesterone is NOT a Progestogen/Progestin— It’s Estrogen’s Unique Biological Partner

This article was originally published in our e-newsletter. by Dr. Jerilynn C. Prior, Scientific Director, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research Current lay and medical women’s health literature considers progesterone, the human hormone made by women’s ovary in the same category as its synthetic, “knock-offs”. “Progestogens. . .include both endogenous progesterone and synthetic progestogens…