How often do you wake up at night to urinate? Never or only once? If you’ve reached menopause, that number can be much higher due to nocturia, a condition that makes you wake up repeatedly urinate. What exactly is nocturia? It is a condition in which you wake up in the middle of the night […]
Day: July 31, 2022
Non-hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopause
Coping with menopause can entail adopting a healthy lifestyle that includes non-hormonal remedies for symptoms such as hot flashes. Everyone goes through menopause uniquely, and you may feel better with some non-hormonal approaches but not others. Some non-hormonal remedies can help with more than one menopausal symptom. This article discusses common non-hormonal approaches for managing […]
Is My Irregular Periods In My 40s Perimenopause or Something Else
It all started in the summer of last year. July, to be precise. Kimberly and I were on our way to work. We grabbed coffee, sipped some, and continued. We were on foot, and the heat was very severe (It was July, of course, what did I expect?). Suddenly, I started to feel an unusual […]
Ten Pelvic Exercises for Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence is the unconscious and involuntary discharge of urine. It simply means that an individual urinates when they do not intend to. While you may see this problem as a rare condition, it is widespread, even in the United States. According to the American Urological Association research, about 25% to 33% of men and […]
Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk of Incidental Hypertension
Due to the symptoms such as hypertension, hot flashes, weight loss/gain e.t.c that are associated with menopause, various treatment options have been made available to help alleviate them. Of these treatment options, hormone replacement therapy has become very popular. The symptoms of menopause are caused by fluctuations in vital hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen, […]
