Day: September 17, 2020

Menopause is something that all women go through as part of the aging process, typically between the ages of 45 and 55. The process causes a decline in oestrogen levels, marking the end of a woman’s childbearing years. Unfortunately, menopause can also be very painful, both physically and emotionally. Many women choose hormone replacement therapy Read more…

Menopause Zeitgeist Infographic from Gennev SEATTLE (PRWEB) December 17, 2019 Menopause health concerns of fatigue, mood changes, and sleep disturbances lead the list of challenges with alarming impact on quality of life, but 94 percent of women don’t get enough support to manage side-effects, a Gennev (http://www.gennev.com) survey found. Gennev, a first-of-its-kind online clinic for Read more…

This post is sponsored by EQUELLE. All views and text are my own. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Oh, and a super busy time of the year too with all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. It’s right around this time of year when I seem to get super stressed 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…

Fighting the signs of aging is not only acceptable, but it’s also big business—yet the taboo around menopause and the invisibility of older women in most parts of the media is deafening. As Emilie Pine writes in Notes to Self: Essays: “If getting my period was ‘becoming a woman,’ I fear that the end of my period Read more…

I have treated thousands of women going through menopause at my practice in Massachusetts… Ladies who spent months suffering through hot flashes and nights sweats before they came to me seeking treatment. If this sounds like you right now—or if you’ve already been through menopause but remember feeling this way—then listen up. Because if you Read more…

Sarah Edrie says she was about 33 when she started to occasionally get a sudden, hot, prickly feeling that radiated into her neck and face, leaving her flushed and breathless. “Sometimes I would sweat. And my heart would race,” she says. The sensations subsided in a few moments, and seemed to meet the criteria for Read more…