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Melissa Carroll
- Over the past 25 years, I’ve cultivated my professional skills in healthcare sales and marketing to help healthcare practices provide better care and a more satisfying experience overall. I am a lifelong student of wellness, nutrition and alternative therapies. When I’m not helping providers, you can find me with my children or at our gym helping members reach their wellness goals. My passion is helping people achieve more in their lives. Whether personal or professional, it all comes together for happier living.
- Email: mcarroll@menopauseassociation.com
Posts
A Turning Point for Menopause Care: FDA Panel Urges Reform on Hormone Therapy Warnings
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This report explains how legacy warnings and outdated interpretations still shape access to care. It summarizes current evidence, policy debates,...
All-Cause Mortality and CVD: The Timing Hypothesis in HRT
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This overview brings clarity to a key menopause topic and translates research into practical next steps. It equips readers with...
Skepticism to Science: The Real Risks and Benefits of Local Estrogen Therapy
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This overview brings clarity to a key menopause topic and translates research into practical next steps. It equips readers with...
Debunking Myths: Why the Black Box on Vaginal Estrogen Endangers Women
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This report explains how legacy warnings and outdated interpretations still shape access to care. It summarizes current evidence, policy debates,...
Testosterone Inequality: Addressing the Gender Gap in Hormone Care
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This overview brings clarity to a key menopause topic and translates research into practical next steps. It equips readers with...
Bones at Risk: Estrogen, Osteoporosis, and Why Timing Counts
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This primer explains the estrogen-bone connection and why timely action matters for lifelong skeletal strength. It covers risk factors, testing,...
New Frontiers: Menopause, HRT, and the Female Brain
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This piece explains why mood changes and brain fog can intensify around midlife and how hormones, sleep, and stress interact....
More Than Symptoms: HRT and Mental Health in Menopause
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This piece explains why mood changes and brain fog can intensify around midlife and how hormones, sleep, and stress interact....
Timing Matters: When and How HRT Delivers Greatest Benefit
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This overview brings clarity to a key menopause topic and translates research into practical next steps. It equips readers with...
Women’s Access and Policy Reform: Why Black Box Warnings Must Change
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This report explains how legacy warnings and outdated interpretations still shape access to care. It summarizes current evidence, policy debates,...
Beyond the WHI: Modernizing FDA Warnings on Hormone Therapy
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This report explains how legacy warnings and outdated interpretations still shape access to care. It summarizes current evidence, policy debates,...
Correcting the Record: Re-evaluating the Risks and Benefits of Menopausal HRT
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This overview brings clarity to a key menopause topic and translates research into practical next steps. It equips readers with...
On Call with Dr. Kumar: Why menopause increases women’s risk of heart disease – CBS New York
In fact, heart disease is the number one killer of women, causing one in three deaths each year. This content was originally published here.
Hormone therapy for menopause: Here’s an updated primer – Genetic Literacy Project
Positive reports about hormone therapy for women in their 50s started emerging as early as 2003, and they have never really slowed… This content was...
More adipose tissue increases breast cancer risk after menopause
Bea JW, et al. O-075. Presented at: ObesityWeek; Nov. 1-4, 2022; San Diego. Disclosures: Bea reports serving as a consultant for WHI and receiving funding...
Liz Talks, Episode 51: Adina Rubin on Strength Training & Happy Hormones – Real Food Liz
Adina Rubin talks her life in Israel, training women worldwide with her signature program, kettlebell training, and the issues with training with your cycle! Helpful...
Health Conditions You Are Likely To Have At Menopause
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This overview brings clarity to a key menopause topic and translates research into practical next steps. It equips readers with...
What Can I Do To Improve My Sexual Health Before And After Menopause?
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This article addresses the most common sexual health changes in midlife and what actually helps. It covers medical options and...
Why Menopausal Women Sweat While Sleeping And 10 Ways To Stop Soaking Your Bed With Sweat
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This report explains how legacy warnings and outdated interpretations still shape access to care. It summarizes current evidence, policy debates,...
Benefits Of Maca To Menopausal Women
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This evidence-aware overview breaks down how specific foods and supplements support hormones, energy, and healthy aging. It clarifies what to...
Top 10 Vitamins For Menopause Fatigue
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This evidence-aware overview breaks down how specific foods and supplements support hormones, energy, and healthy aging. It clarifies what to...
Obesity in Menopause – Negligence Or An Inevitable Occurrence
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This piece uncovers the hormonal drivers of stubborn weight gain and why diet and cardio alone often plateau. It explains...
Top 15 Mistakes You Are Making During Menopause
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This overview brings clarity to a key menopause topic and translates research into practical next steps. It equips readers with...
Top 10 Awesome Benefits Of Vitamin B12 + Best B12 Foods To Eat During Menopause
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This evidence-aware overview breaks down how specific foods and supplements support hormones, energy, and healthy aging. It clarifies what to...
10 Foods That May Delay Menopause
Article Insights & Reflections Synopsis: This evidence-aware overview breaks down how specific foods and supplements support hormones, energy, and healthy aging. It clarifies what to...
Can Stress Cause Early Menopause?
It is not a secret that we all cope with significantly greater stress than we are accustomed to. However, you should know that this additional...
Top 10 Ways To Boost Your Energy Levels And Beat Menopausal Fatigue
Menopausal symptoms cause fatigue; however, this article discusses how to beat it and boost your energy. Perimenopause, which precedes menopause and marks the formal end...
Healthy Alternatives To Coffee For Menopausal Women
Coffee is our go-to drink. We take it first thing in the morning and many times during the day. It increases energy levels. Drinking coffee...
How To Cut Toxic Overload During Menopause
Toxic overload is a general body condition that is an excess accumulation of toxins in one’s body. These toxins are harmful substances capable of causing...
Hot Flashes: Why You Have Them, Treatments, And Prevention
A hot flash is a sudden and intense feeling of heat that causes profuse sweating and a flushed face. It occurs particularly in the upper...
Mood Swings And Irritability During Menopause
It is normal for women to have mood swings and irritability during menopause because of hormonal fluctuations and other physical changes. Menopause can bring either...
Menopause Headaches – Causes and Treatment
You can’t talk about the most common pain conditions without including headaches. In the United States of America, one out of every six people has...
What Are Menopause Cold Flashes?
When most of us think of menopause, the image that typically comes to mind is that of a lady dripping with sweat while standing in...
Top 10 Herbs For Menopause Symptoms
Herbs are a wide group of plants humans have used for various purposes for hundreds of years, making them an indispensable resource. While some thrive...
Menopause and Insomnia: Why It Happens and How to Deal with It
Women with lower blood concentrations of estradiol run a higher risk of developing insomnia during menopause. Insomnia in women undergoing menopausal transitions has also been...
10 Changes Your Body Is Likely To Experience After Menopause
The start of menopause is 12 months after the last period, leading you into postmenopause. As you age, you can expect to go through perimenopause,...
Hair Loss And Menopause: How To Prevent It
Do you ever wonder how you can have any hair left on your head after looking in the hairbrush or shower drain? Do you find...
Menopause And Cancer – Know The Facts
Women going through or getting close to menopause often worry about whether the symptoms they are experiencing are caused by menopause or by something else,...
Immune System And Its Importance In Fighting Menopausal Symptoms
Your immune system is a large network of organs, white blood cells, proteins (antibodies), and chemicals. Together, these parts of your body’s defense system keep...
Benefits of Testosterone for Women in Menopause
Testosterone is a sex hormone that women make, but it is rarely discussed. Before menopause, a woman’s body makes three times as much testosterone as...
Having Dry Skin Patches? Here Is A Concise Skin Care Guide For Menopausal Women
Generally, women go to great lengths to care for their skin, and for a good reason, it adds to our beauty. However, during menopause, many...
Episode 153: Solutions to Vaginal Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence w/ Alyce Adams, RN (AKA “The Kegel Queen” Solutions to Vaginal Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence
FDN, Helping You Make an Informed Decision Now in the world of FDN really quick. If you’re listening to this within the first couple of...
Simpler Surgery May Work As Well As Standard For Women With Incontinence
For women with urine leakage, a newer and simpler “sling” surgery works as well as the standard version, according to a new clinical trial. This...
An Easily Digestible Guide To Hunger Hormones & Energy Balance
Naturally, some people love working out. Others…well, not so much. Finding a type of movement that brings you joy is key and will encourage you...
What Happens To Your Immune System During Menopause And 6 Ways To Boost It
For every human, the state of their immune system is a top health concern. The immune system is an intricate part of our body that...
Menopause And Chemotherapy: Managing Side Effects
Menopause is something we all have to deal with as women. It is a natural phase of our lives that we must face as we...
Hormone replacement therapy doesn’t lead to breast cancer reoccurrence | Medical Laboratory Observer
A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published by Oxford University Press, finds that menopausal hormone therapy for breast cancer survivors is...
Top 10 Best Pilates Benefits To Women During Menopause
Our bodies undergo several changes as we age, which seems to be very pronounced in women. That is why as women approach menopause, many different...
Xenoestrogens: What are They and How do They Affect Menopause?
Menopause affects women in different ways, but one thing we know is that it causes a drastic change in estrogen levels. This causes many discomforting...
Simple Ways to Battle Memory Loss in Menopause
We all know menopause symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, anxiety, and vaginal dryness are a pain in the neck. But for some women, fuzzy...