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Menopause symptoms are less severe after cancer treatment in women who engage in medium to high levels of physical activity (PA), according to a study published online Nov. 23 in Menopause. Tom G. Bailey, Ph.D., from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and colleagues randomly assigned women previously treated with menopause-inducing cancer treatments to Read more…

Menopause is a natural biological process that every woman experiences. You might be wondering how the ketogenic diet can affect menopause. Let’s discuss going keto and menopause and what you should know. What is Menopause? Menopause is a biological transition that marks the end of menses and a natural decline in female reproductive hormones. For Read more…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain I recently turned 50, and I walk about 1 mile daily and work out two to three times per week. I believe I am beginning to go into menopause, as I have not had a period in a few months. Also, I have noticed the number on my scale rising, even Read more…

Menopause is inescapable for people with ovaries. Yet, the experience is still far from universal. Culture, geographic location and biology all play a part in how women fare during perimenopause and menopause. For writer Laurie Ulster, 54, entering perimenopause several years ago was a shock — largely because she didn’t know much about perimenopause until Read more…

Medically reviewed by Dr. Sarah Pickle. Lisa Scheps, an activist and artistic director, experienced menopause-like hot flashes after going off estrogen for 10 days before a surgery. “I wouldn’t say that I’ve experienced perimenopause or menopause like a cis woman would have, but I certainly know what a hot flash feels like,” said Scheps, 62, Read more…

When Kathy Phillips approached , she thought back to her mother’s experience with the transition. In Phillips’ memories, when her mother went through menopause, she began dressing old and actually became old. Phillips, 57, worried that she’d follow in her mother’s footsteps, but that wasn’t her experience. “It’s not that way at all. You can Read more…

If you’ve never been pregnant, you might not think about your pelvic floor very often. But this hammock of muscles inside of your pelvis supports some important organs, such as your uterus, your bladder, and your colon, as noted by Healthline. For this reason, having a healthy pelvic floor is super important. However, when you Read more…

For a lot of women, sleep problems explode during middle age, and throughout the menopausal transition. The transition through menopause has long been associated with disruption to sleep. Sleep problems are linked to the hormonal changes of menopause, and to both the physical symptoms and psychological effects that often occur for women during menopause. We Read more…

At my most recent physical, I brought a long list of ailments to discuss. First up: waking every day with achy joints and muscles — despite going for long walks at least five days a week and lifting weights regularly. That was followed by loss of energy and weight gain. In short, since entering in Read more…

You’re eating right and exercising regularly, but the number on the scale keeps creeping upwards over time. What gives? While there are several possible reasons why you might be gaining weight, there’s one explanation you may not have considered: menopause. It’s relatively common to gain weight as you age into your 40s and 50s. And the average Read more…

Women may have different symptoms at menopause at different ages in their life. As your body goes through this transformation, you may have questions as to what may be changing. According to the National Institute on Aging, these are the most common changes you might notice at midlife, and here are some ways to relieve Read more…