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Another Hot Night

Posted on July 23, 2008
You've waited for this evening for weeks. Finally you and your husband have the time and a few dollars to go out for the night to spend some romantic time together. The grown kids are now gone off to college, married, or are chasing their promising career and the house is essentially empty...

Conkus of the Bonkus

Posted on July 23, 2008
I first heard this term used by my colleague Dr. Steve Nugent. Dr. Nugent is the Chief of Alternative Medicine for a nutritional research and development company. Give a name to a symptom and call it a disease.Conventional medicine has long taken the position that if you have a symptom, there is probably a disease associated with it that has either a Latin or Greek root...

Women's Hormone Replacement Therapy - Are You In Balance?

Posted on July 23, 2008
It has been two years since the Women's Health Initiative Estrogen plus Progestin (WHI) arm of this large trial was stopped early because it caused harm. The WHI showed the opposite of what was expected--Estrogen (Premarin) plus Progestin (Provera) caused heart disease and breast cancer as well as blood clots and strokes...

Top Tips To Treat Low Back Pain

Posted on July 23, 2008
Low back pain is practically a universal problem. The crucial things to remember are that this problem is common (most people get it), painful (incredibly), medically minor (most of the time), and that the cause is nearly always an injury that requires time to heal completely...

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Are There Any Side Effects of a Hysterectomy?

Posted on July 23, 2008
It's a logical and frequently asked question - are there any hysterectomy side effects?Absolutely!Hysterectomy is defined as the surgical removal of the vital organ called the uterus. Most hysterectomies are performed on women between the ages of 20 and 49...

Follicular Cysts And Corpus Luteum Cysts

Posted on July 17, 2008
A cyst can rupture be it a, most likely it's a follicular cyst or a corpus luteum cyst. These are the so-called functional cysts, or the functional cyst with pregnancy. When they rupture generally nothing happens. In fact, there's usually a pressure relief...

Garden Variety Estrogen

Posted on July 17, 2008
"Estrogen is estrogen," my sister says matter-of-factly. The voice of authority has spoken. And I know that I cannot convince her otherwise.Sarah works for a very successful group of family physicians in Williamsburg, VA. Steeped in conventional pharmaceutical wisdom, the docs there make the same mistake docs everywhere make: they trust their drugs reps to give them the skinny on the latest drug research...

Discover Natural Herbs As An Alternative To Hormone Replacement Therapy

Posted on July 16, 2008
Over the years, natural herbs as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy have soared. Indeed, with the proven dangers of hormone replacement therapy more and more women are interested in learning more about natural therapies and alternatives. Moreover, some women simply don't like ingesting their estrogen from the prescription drug Premarin, which comes from horses horse urine, to be precise...

Abdominal Hysterectomy: Recovery Time After Hysterectomy

Posted on July 13, 2008
Having an abdominal hysterectomy and the recovery time after hysterectomy are significant events in any woman's life. Since an abdominal hysterectomy is an in-patient surgical procedure, you should plan on being away from home and work during the surgery and perhaps during the beginning recovery time after hysterectomy...

Hormone Balancing and the Risks for Heart Disease

Posted on July 13, 2008
Risk factors for heart disease are primarily the same in women as they are in men. Smoking, high blood pressure, excessive weight, sedentary lifestyle (little or no exercise), high Homocystine levels, diabetes, high cholesterol, age and family history of heart problems all increase a woman's chances of having heart disease...

Alternatives for Hormone Replacement Therapy

Posted on July 10, 2008
Do alternatives for hormone replacement therapy exist? Yes! Available alternatives for hormone replacement therapy consist of two primary forms -- synthetic therapy and natural hormone replacement therapy.The synthetic hormone replacement therapy drugs are not the same as natural hormones that occur in the body...

Hysterectomy: Recovery After a Hysterectomy

Posted on July 10, 2008
Hysterectomy recovery after a hysterectomy is a crucial time in a woman's life. Recovery after a hysterectomy means a woman needs some time to adjust, to heal and to complete her hysterectomy recovery process. Here are some tips for speeding up the recovery time:1...

Facts About Alzheimer's

Posted on July 09, 2008
Dementia is defined as a progressive loss of memory and mental capacity that is usually experienced by people as they get older, though there isn't any predetermined age in which such a condition can strike. Dementia is a slow, progressive disease process that can exhibit signs and symptoms for months, or even years...

Is There A Lasting Solution To Vaginal Dryness?

Posted on July 05, 2008
Vaginal dryness makes you sensitive, self conscious and you repel sex. Your sex life makes a turn around and heads for the worst. But you can overcome your agony by trying out various remedies and medical solutions to pull you out of such a stalemate...

The Evolution of Menopause - From Nature to Illness and Back Again

Posted on July 04, 2008
It's something we've all seen before. From puberty to childbirth, the medical profession does it's very best to "medicalize" each and every condition that it possibly can. How many young women are being placed on birth control pills during puberty to "regulate" their cycles, even though though their cycles are supposed to be irregular during that point in their lives?Even childbirth was once considered a perfectly natural event...

Sexual Difficulties and Menopause

Posted on July 02, 2008
A lot of women are happy to be going through menopause because this saves them the worries and fears of unwanted pregnancy. They also tend to be more in touch with and comfortable about their sexual needs and desires than they were earlier in life. Regrettably, there are also many women who find that menopause has an unfavorable impact on their sex lives...

A Natural Hormone Supplement - What Is It and Why Use It?

Posted on July 02, 2008
A natural hormone supplement is a hormone that is identical to what occurs naturally in the body. Most prescription drugs are not the same as a natural hormone supplement. Why?In the USA since the late 1800's, U.S. laws allow medicines to be patented only if they are not naturally occurring substances...

Why Choose Bio-identical Hormones Over Traditional Hormones?

Posted on July 02, 2008
Any woman interested in bio-identical hormones should know the difference between natural hormones (bhrt) and synthetic hormones (hrt). Bio-identical hormones are derived from yams or soy and are the chemical replicates of the exact hormone found in the human body...

Menopause Symptoms - Is HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) A Good Thing?

Posted on June 30, 2008
"I can't take these hot flashes anymore!" This is a common reaction to most of the symptoms associated with menopause. While some women have been unscathed by the effects of menopause, there are more who are experiencing severe menopause symptoms and want them alleviated...

A Horrific Prescription for Menopause

Posted on June 29, 2008
A friend of mine believing she had finally reached menopause because of frequently occurring hot flashes that were driving her nuts, made an appointment at her doctor. The doctor set her up to have a hormone panel done. With the positive results of the tests, her suspicions were confirmed, she had indeed reached menopause...

Hormones: Can They Help?

Posted on June 28, 2008
In menopause, a woman's ovaries stop producing the "Female" hormones estrogen and progesterone. Levels of the "male" hormone Testosterone fall more gradually, so that a woman in her 40s has only about half the Testosterone she had in her 20s. These hormonal shifts can add up to a loss of sexual desire, or vaginal dryness that makes sexual intercourse an ordeal...

Bioidentical Hormones - The Truth About Usng Them During Menopause

Posted on June 26, 2008
Can menopause symptoms be safely comforted with bioidentical hormones? Recent research suggests that menopause can be treated with bioidentical hormones, a natural replacement for a woman's body, with no reported side effects.In the past, menopause has been treated like a disease - primarily with Hormone Replacement Therapy or HRT (including Premarin, which is made from pregnant mare's urine, Prempro and Provera), which meant ingesting synthetic chemicals on a regular basis...

Why Is There Media Hype Surrounding Menopause And Hormones

Posted on June 25, 2008
There are over 40 million women in the United States between the ages of 40 and 60. Worldwide, about 25 million women enter menopause annually. Estimates show that by the year 2030, that number will increase to 47 million women per year. Relief of menopausal symptoms such as improved sleep could translate into a more productive woman whether she works or is a mother or spouse...

Alzheimer's - Fight It Before It Becomes A Living Death

Posted on June 25, 2008
Are you getting increasingly forgetful? Do you forget where you kept keys of your car keep your car keys usually? Is this all happening too frequently and you are forgetting things that you never forgot earlier and which a normal person would not ordinarily forget?This may be the beginning of what has been describe as 'living death'...

Weight Loss Secrets of Armour Thyroid

Posted on June 23, 2008
As people continue on their search for easy weight-loss remedies, products which are made for other purposes other than weight loss are now being used to satisfy this need. One of these products is Armour Thyroid.Armour Thyroid is a brand of thyroid extract made from mixed pork and beef thyroid glands used for the treatment of goiter and hypothyroidism (a disease where the thyroid doesn't produce enough hormones)...

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement

Posted on June 12, 2008
Bioidentical hormones are defined as biologically identical to what the human body manufactures. Their molecular structure is exactly the same as the molecular structure of hormones made by the body. They are derived from plant sources: soy, wild yam and other plant extracts and processed in a lab to replicate the hormones in the body...

HRT, Breast Cancer, And Bioidentical Hormones

Posted on June 11, 2008
The symptoms of menopause are akin to labor pains in that they feel like they will go on forever, yet they herald the birth of new life. In fact, whilst perimenopause lasts a lot longer - from 5 to 10, or up to 13 years, it is not an indicator of how 'life will be'...

Say Goodbye To Post-Menopause Issues With Premarin

Posted on June 10, 2008
Come menopause and the trouble time for women starts. The post-menopausal problems like osteoporosis, vaginal dryness, hot flashes, burning, irritation and other hormonal imbalances announce their arrival as soon as the woman is past her menopausal phase...

Solicitor? Barrister? Whatever, I Got a Job.

Posted on June 04, 2008
Well, the long wait is over. I finally got a job. A good one this time. Like, a really good one. I'll be doing aviation litigation and some insurance coverage for a large international firm based out of London, in a small office in the City. I'm really excited, and I should start next week...

More Observations (ie, too lazy for a real post)

Posted on May 25, 2008
I've quickly become addicted to the show Top Gear. Keep in mind, I don't know anything about cars, don't like watching car shows, and don't have BBC America. No matter, the show kicks ass. To quote AHR: "The personalities, the stunts, the banter, and the cinematography are all top notch...

Warriors Season in Review: 2007-2008

Posted on April 24, 2008
(Warning: Long post about the Warriors. Read at your own risk.)So much promise. So much potential. So much success. So much pain. That was the year for my Golden State Warriors. In a year in which the Western Conference was stronger than I can ever remember, and perhaps stronger than any other conference in sports history, the Warriors finished the season at 48-34, good for 9th in the West...

Some Observations and Things to Report

Posted on April 06, 2008
1. I love living back up in the Bay Area.2. I've been working a temp job doing doc review for the last month. I have about 2 weeks left, and then who knows.3. I'm very disappointed in The Oracle fans who did The Wave while The Wizard of Azubuike (my nickname) shot free-throws...

Above Ground

Posted on February 11, 2008
I apologize for not being attentive to this blog, but as you will soon find out, I've had my reasons. Since moving, I started working at a new firm, which I first thought would be a great fit. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a terrible fit. I'm not one to shy away from work, but when a first year attorney is asked to take on the role of partner, associate, paralegal and legal secretary, well there's only so much work one person can do...

Job Search Update VI: Return of the JedEye*

Posted on January 01, 2008
For those of you I have not talked to in a while, and everyone else who reads this blog, I want to tell you all that I finally got a job. Not just a contract job, but a full time job. That's right, it finally happened. I actually landed the job a couple weeks ago, but just haven't gotten around to posting about it here...

Second Annual Dub Awards

Posted on December 24, 2007
Since this was a little bit of a hit last year, I'm bringing it back, scaled down somewhat. So as we say goodbye to 2007, here are some of my favorite things from the year that I give awards to, but really, it's just a list of favorites, some of which I couldn't decide between...

Such Great Heights. Come Down Now?

Posted on December 03, 2007
Everyone who is a regular reader or knows me personally, knows how tough a year 23 was for me. Well, I'm just here to report how good of a year 24 was. True, it wasn't the best year of my life, but I accomplished most of my top goals- graduating from law school, passing the bar, and having an active social life- and I had a lot of fun along the way...

Bill Business, Esq.

Posted on November 19, 2007
For those of you I didn't talk to directly or who didn't check the pass list on the Bar's website, I passed! I followed that up with some fun celebrating in Vegas, and hopefully I can follow that up with a job soon.

11 Days of Agony

Posted on November 05, 2007
With 11 days until the shit goes down, here are 11 things that have been going on with me:1. I was briefly employed on a contract basis doing patent litigation of all things. The case settled, and again, I am unemployed.2. I've been juggling 3 different fantasy sports, and trying to keep up with the Warriors, Cal football, NFL football and Liverpool...

Warriors Season Preview: 2007

Posted on October 14, 2007
I know a lot of people are thinking, basketball already? It's October, I've got baseball playoffs, the NFL season, and College Football gone wild (or in Mac's case, ugh more sports?)! Well, with me, all those things are great, but the Warriors will always take center stage...

pickRpres in Soft Launch

Posted on October 04, 2007
For those of you out of the loop, there's an election in a year, a pretty big one. So in anticipation of the election, myself and the founders of awesome music site pickRset have launched a website where you can inform yourself about the candidates running for President and demonstrate your support for those candidates...

Bright Spots

Posted on September 21, 2007
It's been a really tough time, so here is a short list of things that have had me smiling:Football season is in full swing, and I'm loving Saturdays and Sundays.The Yanks and the Sox.Senator Larry Craig isn't gay, he just likes a wide stance. Oh yeah, he also likes men...

Mine is the Loneliest of Numbers

Posted on September 12, 2007
For those of you waiting on me to post a job search update, here you go. After taking the bar exam and returning from my "bar trip," I have resumed the job search full stop. Unfortunately, despite my continuous efforts, I am still jobless. I did have two interviews with a government organization in Northern California that would have been a perfect fit (I've actually already worked on cases for them, and have written WINNING LEGAL ARGUMENTS for them!), but two weeks since the call back interview, they have not sent me so much as a rejection letter...

Official Present Tense Endorsement

Posted on September 05, 2007
A couple months ago, I was wavering about who I would support as the Democratic nominee for President. After careful consideration, I have officially decided to back the candidacy of Senator Joe Biden from Delaware. Sure he may be an underdog and has flaws that can be exposed, but that does not change the fact that I believed that he is the most qualified and ready candidate for the office of the presidency...

Greetings from America Junior

Posted on August 19, 2007
Here are some observations from Canada:The young people are so bored and behind here that they are taking to piercings, bad ones. The most popular seems to be the lip stud.There are an inordinately large number of Australians here (No, we're from New Zealand, the accent is completely different...

I'm the Mother Flippin' Rhymnoserous

Posted on August 08, 2007
Typically, I don't review TV shows until I've watched the entire season, but I'm going to make an exception this time. After a few episodes of Flight of the Conchords on HBO, I've decided to let you all know that the show is awesome.The show follows two New Zealanders, Bret and Jermaine, who make up a two-man "digi-folk" band...

Meandering Thoughts of a Sports Fan of Today

Posted on July 31, 2007
For the last 2 years, I've been salivating at the possibility of Minnesota trading superstar power forward Kevin Garnett to the Warriors. On draft night this year, it was supposed to happen, but because of communication issues, it didn't. Instead, my favorite Warrior, Jason Richardson, got traded for a college freshmen project who doesn't play hard, and today, KG is about to put on the green and white...

Once More Unto the Breach

Posted on July 23, 2007
Dear friends and unknown readers, tomorrow is the beginning of the bar exam. For all those who are entering the battle with me, best of luck. I don't really have any inspiring words, other than we've all studied, a lot, and we will be prepared to do battle with the bar examiners, and here's what's we're going to do to them:Or if you prefer:

Dykes on Bikes Ride to Victory

Posted on July 13, 2007
So I'm about to break some new ground here on the Present tense, that's right, I'm going to write about law! Yes, I've spent a good 7 hours already reading evidence law, but now it's time for some Trademark law.Today, the Federal Circuit dismissed a garbage suit by Michael McDermott that the name of a group of biker-lesbians "Dykes on Bikes" is offensive to men...

The Final Countdown

Posted on July 10, 2007
With fourteen days left until the bar exam, here are 14 thoughts:1. I have about 6487 pnemonic devices, but I can't remember what any of the letters/words stand for.2. My favorite pnemonic device: I'd Totally Bang Uma (Elements for a Constructive Trust: Inadequate legal remedy, Tracing is Allowed, BFP's prevail over plaintiffs, and Unsecured creditors lose to plaintiff)3...

Live Blogging the NBA Draft

Posted on June 29, 2007
So yesterday, the plan was just to lay down and watch the draft and try and read some Remedies notes on the side. Instead, my buddy Mark and I decided that it would be a far superior use of our time to comment the entire time on the draft. Keep in mind, this is all over e-mail, and if you weren't watching, you'll probably miss a lot of the jokes...

With the Eighteenth Pick...

Posted on June 27, 2007
Tomorrow is the NBA draft, and following precedent I set last year, I'll go ahead and post a short Warriors preview.Coming on the heals of a good season and amazing post-season, the Warriors are looking to get stronger, and deeper. Personally, I don't really want the team to get younger and go for a project...

Got Those Bar Exam Blues

Posted on June 21, 2007
For the last month, my life has become studying for the bar exam. Needless to say, this has not been much fun, and I'm not looking forward to continuing on this path, and actually ramping up, over the next month. The typical day is going to class for 3...

Pink Floyd, The Wall (Part 4 of 4)

Posted on June 14, 2007
We pick up this last chapter of the Wall with "The Show Must Go On." Now revived, Pink contemplates not going to his show at all. Pink is pretty much tired of it all, and wants to just go home. His soul has been taken away and he's lost genuine feelings...

Pink Floyd, The Wall (Part 3 of 4)

Posted on June 13, 2007
As we flip to side 2 of the Wall, we are re-introduced to Pink's story in "Hey You." Though Hey You does not appear in the film, it is still one of the most recognizable songs from the album, and by Pink Floyd. In Hey You, Pink is speaking to us "out there beyond the wall," as he is now firmly behind his wall...

Pink Floyd, The Wall (Part 2 of 4)

Posted on May 24, 2007
We fill the empty spaces left in the last post by moving into "Empty Spaces," a transition song in the album moving from Pink's childhood into his adult life. In the song, Pink asks how to "fill the final spaces," and how to "complete the wall." This song anticipates Pink putting himself behind a wall, so as to isolate himself...

Pink Floyd, The Wall (Part 1 of 4)

Posted on May 16, 2007
Written by Roger Waters, and performed by Pink Floyd, The Wall is the very essence of a concept album. An album, and a movie based on the music from the album, The Wall details the story of the fictitious rock star, Pink, from his childhood, to his rock star days, through his collapse into the abyss, his delusions of grandeur, and finally into his attempt to escape the abyss and go outside the wall...

Warriors Wrap Up

Posted on May 16, 2007
Wow, what a season. Though we sort of ended with a thud, my Warriors exceeded all expectations this year, and made a hell of a run. Jigar was right, that once we made the playoffs, I would get greedy about winning, but in the end, I can't say that I'm disappointed...

Warriors Second Round Preview

Posted on May 06, 2007
What is there to say about the First Round series 4-2 victory over the Mavs that hasn't already been said? I guess, if you talk to me in person about the Warriors, and see my face, that might tell you a little bit more. I don't think I've danced alone in my aparatment as much as I did last week...