Category: Health & Fitness

For many women, the journey through menopause is a roller coaster of symptoms including hot flushes, night sweats, sleep disturbance, dry and itchy skin, mood changes, anxiety, depression and weight gain. For some, it can be relatively uneventful. Menopause is medically defined as not having any menstrual bleeding for 12 months. Most women reach this Read more…

Peri-menopause. Oh how I hate it. It all started for me at age 43 with a major shift in my menstrual cycles and then came the symptoms including major hair loss and what physically appeared as rapid aging of my skin. It threw my thyroid health into a tailspin too and what was once my “sweet Read more…

During my late teen years, winter car rides usually meant driving with the front window down. ALL the way down. Even when it was snowing and blowing outside. I didn’t get it at the time, but my poor mother was going through menopause, and the hot flashes were killing her! People make jokes about this Read more…

Every day, about 6,000 American women enter menopause. The average woman enters menopause at age 51, but perimenopause symptoms typically begin four years earlier, according to P&G. During their transition, nearly two-thirds of those women will experience subjective cognitive difficulties, such as memory fog. Symptoms also include attention or language deficits. Despite a number of Read more…

What happens when women stop being polite and start getting real? At the Fox Theater on Oct. 3, it will be “Menopause the Musical,” a comedic look at “the change.” This content was originally published here.

(Natural News) Osteoporosis — a disease marked by weak and brittle bones —  is often associated with older women, especially those who have gone through menopause. Indeed, postmenopausal women are at high risk for osteoporosis. But this bone disease can also affect younger women, including those in their 20s, 30s and 40s. It is uncommon Read more…

With all that’s going on in your life, it’s possible you feel stressed far too often. That can be especially true with menopause in the picture. As much as you might want to sweep stress into the corner and try to ignore it, you shouldn’t. Although you can’t see it, stress has a serious negative Read more…

Early menopause is defined as menopause that occurs when a woman is between the ages of 40 and 45 years old. While the most common age for menopause onset is around 51 years old, it’s estimated that around 5% of women experience early menopause. In a new study, researchers looked more closely at this group Read more…

Share on:   You might already be dealing with things like hot flashes, night sweats and mood swings. So, why do you also have to deal with belly fat? It’s a fact of menopause. Lose estrogen, gain something else. And that is that “spare tire,” “menopot,” “muffin top” or whatever other appetizing pet name you Read more…

I spent a lot of years providing prenatal care and delivering babies for hundreds of women, and I loved doing that. But, about a decade ago, I saw a void in one area of women’s health—menopause care. I heard from frustrated patients, and I didn’t see resources in my community. It was time to make Read more…

Credit: World Bank (Flickr) Women with HIV are failing to get the support they need during menopause, according to a new study led by UCL.  The Positive Transitions through the Menopause (PRIME) report, which is one of the largest of its kind, involving almost 900 women living with HIV aged 45-60 across England, found that Read more…

Menopause, far from being a health condition or disease, is a gateway into the second half of life, a life filled with opportunity and new experiences. It’s a natural part of the saga we call life. Still, some women approach the transition with trepidation and worry that they’ll develop symptoms, like hot flashes and mood Read more…