Comments on: Menopause and Brain Fitness – Crisis or Just Change? http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/ Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Caroline http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/comment-page-1/#comment-43142 Caroline Fri, 18 May 2007 16:40:12 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/#comment-43142 Welcome Angie! We're glad you found us! There is a lot of confusing information about perimenopause - the information we have needs to be clarified with more research. A great book that is quite readable is <em>The Female Brain</em> by Louanne Brizindine, MD. She describes the various research studies done, as well as the pros and cons of different types of treatment for symptoms. Happy reading! Welcome Angie! We’re glad you found us! There is a lot of confusing information about perimenopause – the information we have needs to be clarified with more research. A great book that is quite readable is The Female Brain by Louanne Brizindine, MD. She describes the various research studies done, as well as the pros and cons of different types of treatment for symptoms.

Happy reading!

]]> By: Angie http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/comment-page-1/#comment-43121 Angie Fri, 18 May 2007 15:48:12 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/#comment-43121 “The study is important because it shows that there is little or no risk for immediate memory loss during perimenopause,” said Sam Gandy, M.D., I am 31 now and I was just learning more about the symptoms of perimenopause (http://www.perimenopause-symptoms.info/) I don't know much about it yet. But your thyroid article puts me at ease some. This is an interesting site by the way. I have never heard of brain fitness. I will have to look around....Maybe work out my brain Thank you “The study is important because it shows that there is little or no risk for immediate memory loss during perimenopause,” said Sam Gandy, M.D.,

I am 31 now and I was just learning more about the symptoms of perimenopause (http://www.perimenopause-symptoms.info/)
I don’t know much about it yet. But your thyroid article puts me at ease some.
This is an interesting site by the way. I have never heard of brain fitness. I will have to look around….Maybe work out my brain
Thank you

]]> By: Study: Hormones May Ward Off Dementia « Brain and Mind Fitness News http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39881 Study: Hormones May Ward Off Dementia « Brain and Mind Fitness News Thu, 03 May 2007 05:57:17 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/#comment-39881 [...] For more information, check Menopause and Brain Fitness - Crisis or Just Change? [...] [...] For more information, check Menopause and Brain Fitness – Crisis or Just Change? [...]

]]> By: SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution » Blog Archive » Auto Meta test http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/comment-page-1/#comment-488 SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution » Blog Archive » Auto Meta test Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:55:11 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/#comment-488 [...] So where does this leave us? Obviously, more research needs to be done to clarify what is going on and what mechanisms, if any, are affected. In the mean time, I would expect to find as much variability in individual women as you see in the research. Fatigue, depression, and hormones like oxytocin and cortisol can certainly impair cognitive function. Yet estrogen can be neuroprotective. [...] [...] So where does this leave us? Obviously, more research needs to be done to clarify what is going on and what mechanisms, if any, are affected. In the mean time, I would expect to find as much variability in individual women as you see in the research. Fatigue, depression, and hormones like oxytocin and cortisol can certainly impair cognitive function. Yet estrogen can be neuroprotective. [...]

]]> By: SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution » Blog Archive » Brain Coach Answers: Is “placenta brain” real? I can’t remember anything ever since I got pregnant! http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/comment-page-1/#comment-400 SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution » Blog Archive » Brain Coach Answers: Is “placenta brain” real? I can’t remember anything ever since I got pregnant! Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:44:04 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/25/menopause-and-brain-fitness-crisis-or-just-change/#comment-400 [...] So where does this leave us? Obviously, more research needs to be done to clarify what is going on and what mechanisms, if any, are affected. In the mean time, I would expect to find as much variability in individual women as you see in the research. Fatigue, depression, and hormones like oxytocin and cortisol can certainly impair cognitive function. Yet estrogen can be neuroprotective. [...] [...] So where does this leave us? Obviously, more research needs to be done to clarify what is going on and what mechanisms, if any, are affected. In the mean time, I would expect to find as much variability in individual women as you see in the research. Fatigue, depression, and hormones like oxytocin and cortisol can certainly impair cognitive function. Yet estrogen can be neuroprotective. [...]

]]>