Perimenopause
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Choices for Effective Contraception
We are in the process of updating this material with the latest available information. One of the remarkable advances for women in the last 50 years has been the development, scientific testing and availability of effective hormonal contraception methods such as oral contraceptives (the Pill). Given CeMCOR’s goal to see each woman attain healthy ovulation…
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Help for Anovulatory Androgen Excess (AAE)—Challenge PCOS!
Dr. Jerilynn Prior is a Professor and physician at the University of British Columbia and Celeste Wincapaw is a Vancouver woman and member of the Community Advisory Council for the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research. Because Celeste is interested for personal reasons and has questions about “polycystic ovary syndrome” (also called PCOS but…
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Perimenopause: The Ovary’s Frustrating Grand Finale
Women in midlife increasingly hear the words “estrogen deficiency” spoken as the ultimate in bad news. Everyone knows that low estrogen levels cause heart disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s and frigidity. But as Dr. Susan Love, the influential breast surgeon, feminist advocate and now deceased author of Dr. Susan Love’s Hormone Book asserts, “If estrogen deficiency’s a…
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Cyclic Progesterone Therapy
Why Might I Need To Take Cyclic Progesterone Therapy? Progesterone is one of two important women’s hormones; estrogen is the one we usually hear about. When menstrual cycle length is irregular or cycles are long or skipped, or when egg release (ovulation) is absent despite regular cycles, progesterone levels are low or missing. Your doctor…
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For Healthcare Providers: Managing Menorrhagia Without Surgery
When a woman comes to you saying that her periods are “heavy” she’s “flooding” or she’s passing clots, what do you normally do to assess and treat her? The purpose of this paper is to define normal menstruation and how to clinically assess menstrual flow. In addition, you will learn how to make a diagnosis…