Day: December 16, 2020

I have shared with you my experiences how thin and worried women often have lower bone mass and tend to lose more bone during the menopausal transition. But there is still much we can learn about this connection. In fact, I have become so interested in this phenomenon that I recently began my own “Thin Read more…

Besides humans, the species presently known to experience menopause are on the whole toothed whales – belugas, narwhals, killer whales and short-finned pilot whales. The new study, by the Universities of Exeter and York and the Center for Whale Research, suggests menopause has evolved independently in three whale species. The new investigation, by the colleges of Read more…

Poor and disrupted sleep are common symptoms of menopause. Insomnia, and changes to typical sleep patterns, are often an early signal of a woman in perimenopause, who is experiencing changes to estrogen, progesterone and other that influence sleep.  So many of my patients cope with other symptoms of menopause that affect sleep. But it’s not always easy Read more…

​​​​​If you’re a woman in her 40s or 50s, you’ve probably given some thought to how perimenopause and menopause might affect your . It’s a topic that comes up in conversation with my patients quite a bit. Sleep affects every part of your life, and has an incredibly broad influence over your health. When thinking Read more…

Have you ever looked in the mirror and genuinely wondered who was staring back? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. It happens to all of us at one time or another. Life goes by and everything changes in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately, one of the most obvious and earliest indicators of these changes is Read more…