Category: Health & Fitness

The Menopause Myth is a 119-page program that will prepare you for menopause and guide you through this misunderstood period in your life. More specifically, this program will help women just like you, tackle the complications of weight loss during and after menopause. Whether you want to flatten your belly or gain more energy, Sue Read more…

Chemotherapy as part of lung cancer treatment was associated with early-onset menopause in younger women, researchers reported. In an analysis of premenopausal women who were diagnosed with lung cancer before the age of 50, 64% of women who received chemotherapy said they began menopause during the year post-diagnosis, according to Elizabeth Cathcart-Rake, MD, of the Read more…

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SAN FRANCISCO — About 60% of women with migraine experience changing headache patterns around the menopause transition, with a majority of those reporting greater frequency or worsening intensity, according to research presented here. Migraine changes were most likely during the post-menopausal period — reported by 43% of study participants — and were associated with greater Read more…

My efforts to keep wrinkles at bay are pretty minimal. I’m not into Botox or high-end creams and serums. In fact, I barely wash my face. My personal anti-aging formula has focused more on clean-ish eating, walking and maintaining a daily meditation practice. I also have genetics on my side. Even in my early 40s, Read more…

My husband injured his knee over New Year’s and has literally been unable to walk. Which means that I now have to do his chores as well as my own, while waiting on him. Sort of caregiving lite, you might say. Initially, Dewitt was certain that he’d need an MRI and surgery as it wasn’t Read more…

Flaming Ti © lynette sheppard I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: nothing helps the menopause transition like the support and advice of other women. Some of you have started your own Menopause Goddess groups. Still others have no time or are geographically unable to do so. With that in mind, I am Read more…

Multiple Birds © lynette sheppard Memory loss and brain fog swirling through my head are sadly not the only afflictions visited upon my poor mind with menopause.  Oh no, seems it wasn’t enough that I can’t think clearly or remember a doggone thing.  Now I get to add ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) to the list Read more…

I am a huge advocate for enjoying a second childhood in the second half of our lives. In fact, if pressed, I’d have to say that this is my main goal for myself in the post menopausal years. I want to experience the joy and innocence, spontaneity and radiance of youth. Since I can’t have Read more…

I am always on the lookout for relief for menopause symptoms – and I am especially excited about those remedies that have no side effects. With that in mind, here are a few of my latest favorite helps for menopausal women in need. The Kool Towel is a remarkable piece of space age fabric that, Read more…