stdClass Object ( [nid] => 168744 [vid] => 168967 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1227063753 [changed] => 1227063754 [comment] => 2 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1227063754 [title] => Challenges of MENOPAUSE [body] => Growing up as a woman entails so many phases. Beginning from puberty and the signs it brings with it, like : fully conscious of your body, wanting to look beautiful, feel attractive, have full life booming in you, through period when you crave for sex, you start having children (menstruation, pregnancy, lactation) to the time when these activities begin to decrease and eventually stop. This phase is known as 'Menopause', another experience that you feel and events that occur completely different from the former you. Menopause simply is the transition period in a woman's life when the 'ovaries' stop producing eggs, menstrual activity decreases and eventually ceases and the body decreases the production of the female hormones, estrogen, and progesterone. During menopause, ovulation stops, and menstruation that comes normally once in a month decreases gradually and completely stopped. you can no longer become pregnant. Menopause affect individual women differently and it is a very natural event so there is no way to prevent it only that it is best that you understand and know about it and learn to live and take care of yourself well also to prevent it early occurrence. Research show that it usually occurs between the age of 45 and 55. The fundamental cause of menopause is aging, which leads to the outcome or signs stated above. TREATING MENOPAUSE: The popular treatment for menopause is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and it involves a series of drugs designed to artificially boost hormone (estrogen or progesterone) level, HRT is not only good for Menopause but it also r educes the risk of heart disease and bone fractures from osteoporosis (thinning of the bones). However the results of a major study - The Women's Health Initiative (WHI have proven that HRT is BAD and should not be recommended to anyone because any woman woo want to take estrogen must take balanced amount of progesterone to prevent endometrial cancer. such balance between these two hormones is vitally important but s very difficult to achieve and their risks of breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes, blood clots and dementia are greatly HIGH. Therefore if you want to avoid life threatening and stay healthy for a long term, do not consider HRT nor take any artificial hormone drugs. Only involve yourself in light work or labour, engage in exercise, take plenty of sleep, have a wholesome and balanced diet, and consult your physician who will prescribe the best therapy to improve your health and make menopausal symptoms less severe, putting you on close supervision. By Qazeem Balogun [teaser] => Growing up as a woman entails so many phases. Beginning from puberty and the signs it brings with it, like : fully conscious of your body, wanting to look beautiful, feel attractive, have full life booming in you, through period when you crave for sex, you start having children (menstruation, pregnancy, lactation) to the time when these activities begin to decrease and eventually stop. 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stdClass Object ( [nid] => 194768 [vid] => 195229 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1234997582 [changed] => 1234997582 [comment] => 2 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1234997582 [title] => Re: NOW CHILDREN SLEEP WOTHOUT NETS NOR OTHER [body] => Hi Christopher You have many needs - items for the dormitory, lab equipment, books, bikes etc. If we are going to try and do any sort of organised searching for money or equipment, you are going to need to set some priorities, decide on what we should concentrate on first. With the dormitories, you always seem to be able to raise the money or find materials locally, so I am unsure whether we will need to help you with that or not? Finding things from outside can take time, maybe several months. Given your links with the church, I have a feeling that will be a good way to get funding, as they support many schools and other projects around teh world. If what you really need is ongoing support, links with churches around the world is one way to go, and you may be able to do this via your church contacts in Uganda. Have you tried this? Its good that you will be going to the meeting in Kampala, and that Pelle will be visiting the school. There are several Ugandan villages on Nabuur that need mosquito nets. While you are in Kampala it would be good if you can talk with the other Local Reps and see if anyone has any ideas on whether this can be solved within Uganda. You ask why Jennifer or I have not become faciliator of Masaka. I cannot speak for Jennifer. My main reason is that your project is completely focused on finding money and equipment from outside, and this is something I am not very good at doing, I think you are far better at it than I am! I do understand that some things will need to come from outside, at least at the beginning, but I prefer to be involved in projects that are looking at long term self-sufficiency as well as immediate fundraising needs. Mary [teaser] => Hi Christopher You have many needs - items for the dormitory, lab equipment, books, bikes etc. If we are going to try and do any sort of organised searching for money or equipment, you are going to need to set some priorities, decide on what we should concentrate on first. With the dormitories, you always seem to be able to raise the money or find materials locally, so I am unsure whether we will need to help you with that or not? Finding things from outside can take time, maybe several months. [log] => [format] => 1 [uid] => 2698 [name] => MaryS [picture] => [data] => a:8:{s:8:"og_email";s:1:"1";s:16:"privatemsg_allow";i:1;s:28:"privatemsg_setmessage_notify";i:1;s:17:"messaging_default";s:4:"mail";s:7:"contact";i:0;s:16:"nodecomment_sort";s:1:"2";s:29:"taxonomy_image_disable_images";i:0;s:8:"options1";s:1:"3";} [path] => village/masaka/project/task/discussion/re-now-children-sleep-wothout-nets-nor-other-2 [field_embedded_video] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [embed] => [value] => [provider] => [data] => Array ( ) ) ) [field_external_link] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) [1] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) ) [comment_type] => task_discussion [og_groups] => Array ( [0] => 82954 ) [og_groups_both] => Array ( [82954] => Masaka ) [og_public] => 1 [tags] => [nodewords] => Array ( ) [trid] => 0 [language] => en [i18n_status] => 0 [taxonomy] => Array ( ) [translation] => Array ( ) [cid] => 194768 [pid] => 194552 [hostname] => 86.129.35.255 [thread] => 01.02.00.00.00/ [mail] => [homepage] => [comment_target_nid] => 167698 [depth] => 4 )

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