Dem bones were made for dancing!
I love it when Wednesday comes with a bit of inspiration. Makes me want to dance. No really! I was inspired to read that professional dancer Erin Boag from Strictly Come Dancing (the UK’s version of Dancing with the Stars), has teamed up with the International Osteoporosis Foundation to inspire all those armchair dancers to get off their b

Wednesday Bubble: one pill makes you…
Have you heard about Flibanserin? Pharma Giant Boehringer-Ingelheim is entering the bedroom with an antidepressant (with a new moniker) that may change the sex lives of women everywhere! Sorry for the sarcasm but this Bubble has “Viagra for women” written all over it. In fact, the U.S. market for sexual desire is estimated to exceed a whopping $3.5 billion a year. No wonder other companies are so eager to market

Viva la sweats!
Night sweats, that is! I never thought that I’d write that but it does seem that having night sweats may actually save your life someday. Reporting in the September/October issue of Menopause, Norwegian researchers followed up on over 800 women in menopause who had previously provided information about lifestyle and menopausal his

Hip fracture, early menopause and age
Good news for you early menopausers: Australian researchers say that early menopause does not increase the risk for hip fractures due to weaker/lower bone density. Bone density or bone mineral density (BMD) refers to the individual strength of bones, generall

Wednesday Bubble: Bifocals, babies, hot steamy flashes of perspective. It is enough.
A year ago I was fortunate to meet Author and Woman Extraordinaire Patti Digh. We met at an intimate reading of her book, Life is a Verb, in Washington DC. Since that time, I’ve repeatedly asked Patti to grace Flashfree with her words and her presence. She has graciously sent me the following guest post