Month: June 2020

It’s a common scenario. A woman in her 50s wakes up feeling nauseous. Dismissing it, she moves through her day, feeling a bit fatigued during her morning walk, even short of breath. Her friends urge her to go to the doctor after she experiences shooting pain in one arm. Despite thinking it’s nothing, she goes Read more…

Women transitioning through menopause are at higher risk for heart disease, according to the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN). This research adds to the growing evidence that menopause is a critical time for changes in cardiovascular health. The study helps to underscore the importance of women and their doctors focusing on heart health during Read more…

Living near green spaces is associated with a wide variety of benefits, including a lower risk of obesity, improved attention capacity in children and slower physical decline in old age. In a new study, researchers found that living in a greener neighborhood is also linked to an older age at the onset of menopause. The Read more…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy in the U.S. and the fourth most common cancer among women. In addition, endometrial cancer incidence rates are on the rise in the western world, suggesting that alterations in environmental factors such as diet, lifestyle, and the vaginal microbiome may be important drivers Read more…

Sometimes, menopause symptoms are worse than just hot flashes and night sweats, and you must learn to cope with them. Here’s how to do this! Even though menopause has not been directly linked with an increase in psychiatric morbidity, many women experience emotional turmoil during the initial phases of menopause. In addition to this, there Read more…

Having sex every week can DELAY your menopause: scientists say that not enough action becomes ’causes the body to choose to stop ovulating’ Study compared those who had sex weekly, monthly and less than monthly Sexually active women 28% less likely to have menopause Those who had sex once a month were 19% less likely Read more…

Teri Hines was in her mid-40s when she started to notice that her body was changing. Her period became irregular and more intense. “It increased in frequency, it increased in intensity and it increased in duration,” she says. She began to have hot flashes, gained weight and her energy levels took a nosedive. “I just Read more…

Common ‘forever’ chemicals found in drinking water, among other things, have been linked to early menopause in women, raising new concerns over the contaminants. The study builds upon an existing body of research that has linked per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals with a number of health issues, including everything from thyroid disease to certain types Read more…

In a national sample of US women in their mid-40s to mid-50s, those with high serum levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were likely to enter menopause 2 years earlier than those with low levels of these chemicals. That is, the median age of natural menopause was 52.8 years versus 50.8 years in women Read more…

Apparently our menopausal bodies are a desert. We certainly knew about the hot part, getting reminded of it constantly when the flashes turn us into flesh-and-blood furnaces. But we weren’t quite as aware of the dry conditions that went along with the soaring temps. Dry skin. Dry scalp. Dry hair. Dry other parts. “Everything is Read more…

Known as ‘forever chemicals,’ PFAS are humanmade and used in a wide variety of nonstick and waterproof products and firefighting foams. PFAS chemicals can contaminate drinking water, and it has been estimated that 110 million Americans (one out of three) may consume drinking water contaminated with these chemicals. “PFAS are everywhere. Once they enter the Read more…

More and more women are continuing to lace up their sneakers to train and race hard later in life. But the physiological changes brought on by menopause can be tricky to navigate for many women, particularly when paired with the physical toll of training. Fortunately, the challenge of training through menopause can be worth it Read more…