Posted in Botanicals, Menopause, Mind and Emotional on November 16th, 2009 Comments Off
This double-blind, randomized clinical trial, studied the effect of Hypericum perforatum extract (St. John’s wort extract) compared with placebo, on symptoms and quality of life of 47 symptomatic perimenopausal women aged 40 to 65 with three or more hot flashes per day. Women were randomly assigned to receive a St. John’s wort extract (900 mg [...]
Posted in Depression, Fatigue, Menopause, Premenstrual Syndrome, Stress on April 30th, 2008 3 Comments »
Fatigue is one of those experiences we all have had, at one time or another – either from too much work, too little sleep, stress, recovering from a trip, during a cold/flu, or what have you. This is not the kind of fatigue that really plagues some of us. Chronic fatigue syndrome or being [...]
Posted in Botanicals, Headaches, Migraine, Mind and Emotional on July 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
Women account for about three quarters of the 28 million Americans who experience migraine headaches. Migraines can begin at any age, and occur fairly equally in boys and girls until adolescence. The prevalence of migraines in women in their early forties, and then declines steadily with age.
How does a migraine occur?
The process resulting in a [...]