Menopause is a significant transition in women’s lives during which we may experience exhausting physical and mental symptoms. These experiences have a substantial impact on their daily lives. Menopause can have varying side effects such as hot flashes, insomnia, reduced libido, increased anxiety, and depression. To reduce the effect of menopause on their lives, many Read more…
Do you know that women make up two-thirds of Alzheimer’s patients? Yes, it seems like women got the short end of the stick again with this disease. Alzheimer’s! This disease has defied all forms of treatment. Every drug trial has been met with massive failure. Alzheimer’s is considered the most common form of dementia. It Read more…
Menopause is a normal phase of our lives. We even start expecting it at a certain age. It comes with symptoms too. The thing about menopause is that even though it is expected, the symptoms can be very uncomfortable. You can be sweating buckets on a cold day because of hot flashes, breaking your hip Read more…
For some time now, we have discussed menopause and how it affects us with the relevant things to expect. We have discussed different treatment paths you can engage in, giving yourself better health and feeling. I have always advised that we carry our medical doctors along as we undergo menopause and the postmenopausal experience. Menopausal Read more…
Menopause is a natural phase of our life. Once we reach a certain point in our lives, we expect it to come knocking. And when it does, it comes with a load of symptoms. We all know the most common ones, like hot flashes and the cessation of periods. But there are other common but Read more…
It is no news that many changes occur in women as they enter menopause and go through the postmenopausal experience. We have discussed a handful of these changes and experiences like mood swings, osteoporosis, hot flashes, depression, etc. Still, we are yet to discuss vulvovaginal atrophy and what it entails. The menopause phase is a Read more…
We have been looking at different ways to help ourselves with menopausal symptoms. I am sure you would have found these tips beneficial as they worked for me and are working for many other women. Today we will be looking at another side of the coin. Menopause may be life-threatening if you allow it, but Read more…
As a woman, I know many imminent health dangers that focus on women more than men. And if we don’t keep engaging and informing ourselves, we may keep forming the victims of things we could have avoided in one way or the other. So, I decided to talk about overactive bladder in this piece. Though Read more…
A time comes in a woman’s life when her monthly period ceases, and she stops ovulating – when this time comes, menopause is said to have occurred. Menopause is a stage in a woman’s life when she cannot get pregnant again (except in rare cases ). Menopause normally occurs between ages 45 and 55; age Read more…
As we move through the phases of our lives, our body is prone to changes. This is especially true for women. This is because their body undergoes certain physiological changes during their lifetime. For example, they see changes during puberty, pregnancy, and menopause. One of the changes women undergo during menopause is weight gain. This Read more…
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