Yvonne Tennyson Blog

Menopause, defined as the cessation of the menstrual cycle, and it also marks the end of a woman's reproductive years.  The cessation of menstruation is normally when a woman goes through menopause. As a woman's ovaries will slow the production of hormone's both estrogen and progesterone in the years leading up to menopause. During this process woman may experience a range of symptoms,they may vary from irregular periods to vaginal dryness, mood swings and even insomnia. During my research I was surprised to find that; menopause sign, symptoms and view vary within cultures. " Marcha Flint studied 483 woman in India and found that most complained of no symptoms" (Menopause Around the World-Woman in Balance Institute",2020). In a study in Hong Kong, researchers found that the symptoms most complained about  was joint and muscle problems. In all these studies symptoms were reported to be "mild".  It seems that life style plays an important role in the ...

  For Blog #1 I have chosen to read the 2019 Status of Women Worldwide power point. This power point contained many interesting facts regarding woman's health and wellness from around the world.  A.   What   facts most were most surprising. I found the power point to very interesting and informative. There are many facts within the power point that I found surprising.  I would have never thought that the language that is spoken the most globally would be "Mandarin Chinese at 12.2%, putting the English language at 4.6%", this was an interesting fact to me. I have always assumed that the English language was the higher percentage of the two. Woman and work, this slide contained information that informative being a woman in the working world today.  "Woman work more hours than men" it seems that woman must work longer and harder to earn the same pay and respect as men. "One-third of the world's economic production comes from women's unpaid labor....