How Hot is the Topic of Male Menopause?
Searching Magazine databases reveal that Newsweek ran a cover story on Male Menopause titled: Is Male menopause Real? It ran in their 1/22/2007 issue, Vol. 149 Issue 4, and can be found on p 46 - 48.
Is there really a lot of interest in the topic: Male Menopause? One way to see if there is an interest in the subject is to find out how many books have been written about male menopause.
When searching the popular book Website, Amazon, the following books surfaced:
Hormone Use in Menopause and Male Andropause: A Choice for Women and Men by Sheldon J. Segal and Luigi Mastroianni
The Best of Your Life: For the Rest of Your Life by Devra Z. Hill
You and Your Husband at Midlife by Sally Conway
Menopause: A Positive Approach by Rosie Reitz
Searching Magazine databases reveal that Newsweek ran a cover story on Male Menopause titled: Is Male menopause Real? It ran in their 1/22/2007 issue, Vol. 149 Issue 4, and can be found on p 46 - 48.
A similar article ran in the Mental Health Weekly; 3/14/2005, Vol. 15 Issue 11, p 8 in which it was discussed that the symptoms that crumpy old men exhibit like anxiety, decreased libido, depression and moodiness can all be attributed to the condition known as "male menopause".
 In April of 2004 Louisville Magazine ran an article in the Supplement, Vol 55, 0 8 by Katz, Barbara Myserson, titled: A Pause for Men? The article discusses the physical and psychological aspects of aging men and lower testosterone levels and the connection between the two.
Douglas C. Lord wrote a book review of Surviving Male Menopause, which is a Guide for Women and Men, by Jed Diamond. The review appears in the Library Journal on 10/15/2000, in vol. 125 Issue 17, p 87. In the review it is stated that for the most part Americans are uncomfortable talking about the issue of menopause. This perhaps explains why there are material available just not large quantities of it.
When doing an Internet advanced search using the search engine Google and the keywords "male menopause" 233,000 entries pop up. The top Websites on page 1, on the day the search was conducted, revealed that MSNBC, Medicinenet, and Webmd all devoted content to this topic. This would indicate that globally there is an interest in male menopause and curious viewers and readers who want to know if it is real or not. Some of the data is in support of the male menopause and some are voicing their opinion that male menopause does not exist. It would appear that as more studies are conducted and more medical data become available regarding the connection between symptoms and physical
Hot Flashes Menopause
Female versus Male Menopause
Unless you have been living under a rock, the news that "women experience menopause", is not something new. It may be news to you that there is research being conducted to determine if there is such a thing as "male menopause". The studies that have been conducted say that the main hormone for males - testosterone decreases as male's age starting at age 40 and that it returns to pre-puberty levels by the time males hit age 80.
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evidence, speculation and personal experiences would continue to be discussed by those who are interested. It would appear that both males and females are interested in finding out more about this male menopause. Females are interested because of how it affects their relationship with the males in their lives and males want to know if it will happen to them and what to do about it. You can be sure that as further information is available by book or online, that men and women will be interested to see what develops further regarding male menopause.Male Menopause or Andropause
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Elsevier's Maturitas publishes position statement on the role of vitamin D in postmenopausal women
( Elsevier ) Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the publication of a position statement by the European Menopause and Andropause Society in the journal Maturitas on the role of vitamin D in postmenopausal women with summary recommendations.
Elsevier's Maturitas publishes position statement on the role of vitamin D in postmenopausal women
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Get Your Sexy Back and Keep It - Real Life Mojo Therapy for the Modern Woman
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Experts recommend vitamin D supplementation for menopausal women
A group of experts has prepared a report on vitamin D supplementation for menopausal women after it was revealed that Europeans have suffered an alarming decrease in their levels of this vitamin. In their opinion, the ideal would be to maintain blood levels above 30 ng/ml. Vitamin D is essential to the immune system and processes such as calcium absorption.
Experts recommend vitamin D supplementation for menopausal women
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Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Low Testosterone and Men
*First we were bombarded with the Ads for sexual performance drugs like Viagra and Cialis, informing that there was a new “medical condition” called Erectile Dysfunction (ED). If you’ve watched television lately, you’ve seen your share of commercials talking about “Low T”, and you been left wondering half the time what in the world are [...]
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BOOK/MAGAZINE: Body of Knowledge the Way Back
AGING GRACEFULLY is both an art and a science. I'll always think of it as the moment when everything changed—when I crossed the line from young and alluring to middle-aged and invisible. I was in my office at the magazine where I worked, when I found a favorite photo from my recent past: me in India, dressed in a sari, smiling and shielding my eyes from the sun. I placed the picture on my ...
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