Where can women take a fun quiz to determine the type of PMS they suffer from each month, set up an email-based PMS warning system to better plan life around this monthly malady, and get PMS management advice from nationally recognized women's health expert, Dr. Hyla Cass? PMS Central now delivers these items and more to the estimated 75 percent of menstruating women who experience some form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) during their lives as determined by the National Institutes of Health. (PRWeb)

(PRWEB) -- Absent Memory Syndrome (AMS) has been defined by experts as a mid-life condition. You keep losing your train of thought mid-sentence or you forget where you have left your keys. And the reason? No one knows for sure but it's thought to be due to poor concentration or lack of motivation, tiredness, anxiety or stress rather than the loss of brain cells. Feeling fuzzy headed is also thought to be related to the hormonal ups and downs associated with menopause. Some parts of the brain that are particularly involved with verbal memory are rich in estrogen receptors so there could be a genuine physiological link between hormonal status and brain function. To learn more about Absent Memory Syndrome and to take the test of the most common AMS symptoms as well as brain boosting action solutions for Absent Memory Syndrome, go to www.askmaryonstewart.com

Menopause

The word menopause literally means the permanent physiological, or natural, cessation of menstrual cycles, from the Greek roots 'meno-' (month) and 'pausis' (a pause, a cessation). In other words, menopause means the natural and permanent stopping of the monthly female reproductive cycles, and in humans this is usually indicated by a permanent absence of monthly periods or menstruation.

The word is commonly used in regard to human females, where menopause happens more or less in midlife, signaling the end of the fertile phase of a woman's life. Menopause is perhaps most easily understood as the opposite process to menarche.

Menopause in women cannot however simply be defined as the permanent "stopping of the monthly periods", because in reality what is happening to the uterus is quite secondary to the process. For medical reasons, the uterus is sometimes surgically removed (hysterectomy) in a younger woman, and after this her periods will cease permanently and the woman will technically be infertile, but as long as her ovaries (or one ovary) are, or is, still functioning, the woman will not be in menopause. This is because, even without the uterus, ovulation, and the release of the sequence of reproductive hormones that are an essential part of the reproductive cycles, will continue until the time of menopause is reached.

Menopause is in fact triggered by the faltering and shutting down (or surgical removal) of the ovaries, which are a part of the body's endocrine system of hormone production, in this case the hormones which make reproduction possible and influence sexual behavior.

The process of the ovaries shutting down is a phenomenon which involves the entire cascade of a woman's reproductive functioning, from brain to skin, and this major physiological event usually has some effect on almost every aspect of a woman's body and life.

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Menopause starts as the ovaries begin to fail to be able to produce an egg or ovum every month. Since the process of producing and ripening the egg is also what creates several of the key hormones involved in the monthly cycle, this in turn interrupts the regular pattern of the hormone cycles, and gradually leads to the somewhat chaotic and long-drawn out shutting down of the whole reproductive system.

The break-up in the pattern of the menstrual cycles not only causes the levels of most of the reproductive hormones to drop over time, but also causes the reproductive hormones to fall out of phase with one another, which often leads to extreme and unpredictable fluctuations in the levels, which itself can cause numerous symptoms in most women, such as hot flashes . After a number of years of erratic functioning, the ovaries almost completely stop producing hormones including the estrogens, progestin and testosterone, and the reproductive system ceases to function.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Vitamin Formula Helps Women Taking Menopause Hormone Replacement

Women's Health Issues of Menopause and Hormone Imbalance Highlighted During National Women's Health Week

Houston,Texas (PRWEB) May 14, 2007 -- During Women's Health Week, which began yesterday, women are more aware of the many menopause hormone therapy solutions available, such as bio-identical or prescription hormones, according to two physicians who specialize in treating women's health issues with supplements designed to complement prescription medications.

Replacing lost nutrients optimizes the benefit of the hormone therapy and minimizes adverse effects.

"Our product line is focused on patients' health problems which require prescription medication," says Dr. Ford. "These include menopause, cardiovascular disease risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or triglycerides, and diabetes, osteoporosis, acid reflux or GERD, arthritis, and child bearing age women on birth control pills. We find that women are more aware of their health problems and especially during menopause, are willing to take steps to restore a healthy balance. "

"Women have individual health needs which are especially acute in the child-bearing and menopause years," says Dr. Ford, who counsels his patients to maintain their health by using specific vitamin supplements designed to work alongside their prescription medications.

While many women take a daily multi-vitamin and calcium supplement to keep their health in balance, the physicians believe that women have specific health needs that are not fully addressed by taking only these supplements. "Estrogen, progesterone and birth control prescriptions often deplete essential vitamins and minerals that a woman needs to stay in balance," according to Dr Osborne.

"We developed Contraceptive Hormone Therapy EN (essential nutrients) and Menopause EN supplement products to address the depletion of Vitamins C, B-2, B-6, B-12, folic acid and magnesium caused by prescription medications," says Dr. Osborne. "For example, inadequate levels of B-2 and B-6 have been shown in medical studies to cause migraine headaches, fatigue, and thyroid disease. Our supplements are specifically designed to restore these nutrients."

"Today's female patient is more aware of the side effects of taking prescription medications. They know more about osteoporosis, high cholesterol and heart disease risk and are willing to take proactive steps to maintain their health," according to Dr. Ford. "Female baby-boomers are highly educated and want to stay active during the menopause years. They are willing to take responsibility for their health through lifestyles which includes a balanced diet, exercise, and nutritional supplements."

NutraMD offers a line of supplements that also includes Menopause EN, Hormone Therapy EN, Cardiovascular EN, Calcium/Magnesium EN, Arthritis EN, and Antacid EN. "At NutraMD, our goal is to raise awareness among doctors and their patients that there is a vitamin and mineral solution which maximizes the benefits, while reducing the risks of prescription medications," says Dr. Osborne who has spent hundreds of hours researching the problem and gives seminars to healthcare professionals on the nutritional depletions caused by prescription medication.

There are many supplement lines available to the general public and NutraMD wants to establish and maintain the highest standards. As a result, their vitamin and mineral supplements maintain quality standards by being manufactured at a GMP certified lab. GMP refers to Good Manufacturing Practices federal regulations which insure a quality approach to manufacturing medical products that are safe, pure and effective.

For more information, visit the web site at www.nutra-md.com or call 1-800-928-1292.

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