Category: Health & Fitness

In the days of declining air quality index, living around green spaces is a blessing! There cannot be anything better than giving pure oxygen to your lungs and preventing the body from innumerable health hazards. Living near greenery is linked to myriad benefits including chronic disease prevention, weight control, mental health, etc. And now it Read more…

Early age at menarche, early age at menopause and the use of oral contraceptives can increase the risk for developing type 2 diabetes by as much as 33%, according to study data presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting. Sopio Tatulashvili “A longer exposure to endogenous sex hormones that occurs Read more…

Share the Knowledge Facebook 0 Pinterest 0 Twitter Reddit 0 Linkedin Print By: Rachel Daof Los Angeles PHRC members, Stephanie Prendergast, Courtney Edgecomb, and I, Rachel Daof, went to a dinner to discuss Intrarosa with guest speaker Dr. Irwin Goldstein. One of the major points of the night was this: menopause is a chronic progressive, Read more…

Peri-menopause can be hard on some women. It brings fatigue, mood swings and sleep troubles, a stressful transition that can last for months or years before menopause. In today’s podcast, Dr. Justin Marchegiani explains the process of peri-menopausal stage and its effect to the body. Learn how the lowering levels of progesterone make one’s system Read more…

Six months ago, after having my hormone levels checked, my doctor declared me officially in menopause. The fact that he said he wouldn’t be surprised if I walked across the room and ashes fell out of my pants was all I needed to hear to throw out all my tampons, eat a cheesecake, and do Read more…

Your 6-Step Guide For Weight Loss During Menopause The hormonal variations that occur during menopause can make it difficult to lose weight. However, these are some tips that can help you to get your metabolism jumping. Menopause can be a stressful time, especially if you’re used to being a certain weight. The hormonal differences that Read more…

It’s not just humans — researchers have found that at least four other species go through menopause, and they’re all toothed whales: belugas, narwhals, killer whales and short-finned pilot whales. When it comes to menopause, we’re an outlier. Menopause has been observed in several species of primates, including rhesus monkeys and chimps, but as far as we Read more…

To say the impact of Alzheimer’s on women has reached epidemic proportions would be an understatement. Alzheimer’s strikes every 65 seconds and approximately 66 percent are women. Upwards of 5 million Americans have been diagnosed, and that figure could exceed 14 million by 2050. Consider that Alzheimer’s ranks as the sixth leading cause of death in American Read more…

Your joint pain will get worse because of this An estimated 1.3 million Americans suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the joints. There is no cure for rheumatoid arthritis, but there are therapies to help ease symptoms. As with any autoimmune disease, the immune system acts wrongfully and attacks different areas Read more…

Watch this great interview with the knowledgeable Dr. Berg, sharing his view on menopause, adrenal fatigue, thyroid and weight loss. Most important on how a … Learn more here http://AwesomePaleoDiet.com #paleo #awesomepaleo This content was originally published here.