POSTED: 10:32 a.m. EDT, June 22, 2007
By Melanie Haiken
Health.com
You’ve got achy shoulders from carrying the kids, the groceries, or your incredibly heavy handbag. You look for the right pill to pop, but what should you take? Aspirin? Ibuprofen? Or, you’re about to get your period. You know you’ll get killer cramps or that nasty headache any minute now, but nothing you take seems to help once the pain hits.
You’re not alone: Many women have a tough time finding the right kind of relief for their pain –and for good …

POSTED: 9:55 a.m. EST, January 10, 2007
By Amy Burkholder
CNN
(CNN) — What shapes a woman’s reality — how she sees the world, how she relates to the people in her life, and how she feels about herself?
Ask neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine and she’ll say it depends on her age and what hormones her brain is steeped in at the time.
And, contrary to what you may think, the rockiest time isn’t age 12, with the flood of hormones associated with the beginning of menstruation, or age 51, the average age of menopause, …