Month: December 2020

6 Tips for Best Skin Care During Menopause

Menopause brings a plethora of unpleasant symptoms, from hot flashes to mood swings to weight gain. The drastic hormonal changes you experience create a ripple effect throughout your entire body – including your skin. As estrogen levels in your body decrease, collagen and elastin production taper off. Without these essential proteins, your skin grows thinner Read more…

15 Chemicals in Common Household Items that Disrupt Hormones and May Lead to Early Menopause

Chemicals called ‘endocrine disruptors,’ found in everything from soap to plastics, have already been linked to rising cancer levels and fertility problems. Now, new research out of Washington University has identified 15 of these chemicals, and found that women with the highest levels of them in their bodies experienced menopause two to four years earlier Read more…

Scientists have discovered animals that experience menopause

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…

7 Shocking Connections Between Sleep And Menopause

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…

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