Category: Health & Fitness

School of Public Health researchers analysed data from more than 18,000 middle aged women across the UK, USA and Australia, as part of the Life course Approach to reproductive health and Chronic disease Events (InterLACE) international collaboration. UQ’s Dr Hsin-Fang Chung said the study showed women who started menstruating aged 11 or younger had a Read more…

Are you a woman in your mid-40s to mid-60s? Have you found that your belly is getting thicker? Are you gaining weight no matter what you do? Maybe you’ve been dieting and exercising but the pounds are stubbornly hanging on? We’re here to help. This guide tells you what you need to know about menopause, Read more…

Some things just aren’t meant to last forever, and menstruation is unfortunately one of them. That’s why it’s so essential to cherish the final moments of your period, and why it’s so heartbreaking when someone throws their last days of uterine bleeding away. Case in point: this woman is absolutely squandering her final period before Read more…

Summary: Phthalate exposure is linked to sleep disruptions and insomnia in menopausal women. Source: NAMS For menopausal women who have difficulty sleeping, it might be because of chemicals in the environment. A new study based on data from the Midlife Women’s Health Study suggests that exposure to various chemicals, such as phthalates, found in hundreds Read more…

The average age at which a women hits menopause is 51. In the years that follow, her risk for diabetes goes up dramatically. You can’t blame menopause—entirely. Risk increases with age for everyone—men and women—especially over age 45. But the hormonal changes that happen with menopause play a role. Starting in the perimenopausal years and Read more…

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A normal part of women’s lives, menopause happens gradually over about a year, during which the ovaries cease producing eggs and menstrual cycles gradually end. Lifestyle, diet, and stress may play a role during the menopause transition, creating or aggravating common symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, and mood swings. But not every Read more…

Menopause is not any kind of illness as it is a miserable phase of a woman’s life. It is defined as the time of permanent declination of menstrual cycle due to the natural destruction of ovarian oocytes. It takes place when a woman reaches up to her late 40s that last for one or two Read more…

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City looked into whether is responsible for brain changes among mid-life women. The changes seen weren’t related to any signs of memory loss, but the findings suggest that declines in estrogen are involved in biomarker abnormalities related to Alzheimer’s disease. The study included 85 women Read more…

Thanks to mood changes, insomnia, weight gain and hot flashes, menopause can be extremely uncomfortable for many. As a result, some women turn to hormone replacement or antidepressants to alleviate symptoms. However, these treatments aren’t always effective and can carry major risks, which may be why more women are turning to supplements and natural remedies, Read more…