Memorial Day is much more than the holiday that finally kicks off summer. It’s a reminder to honor those who have died in service to their country. It is America’s most solemn holiday. I wrote the music for this Memorial Day tribute several years ago and turned it into a musical video tribute to the …
One of the most bothersome menopause symptoms is hot flashes. Hormone therapy is by far the best treatment for hot flashes. But due to concerns about safety, many women and their doctors are reluctant to prescribe hormone therapy even though new studies clearly show estrogen is both safe and effective for the majority of women …
Menopause: three syllables, nine letters, and a whole lot of confusion. Let’s clear up the basic facts – some may surprise you! Who? Who goes through menopause? Every person with ovaries who lives long enough. That means half the population will go through menopause at some time. It’s as normal and certain as …
Hot flashes are one of the most bothersome menopause symptoms. Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could lower the hot flashes by just changing what you eat? That’s what a new study in the journal Menopause evaluated — the difference that food makes on lowering hot flashes. The study included 84 postmenopausal …
If you are overweight, it is not your fault. And if you are carrying too much weight, you are not alone — it is one of our nation’s biggest health issues. According to World Population Review, over one in three adults in the United States is obese. Two out of three US adults …
You know you’re supposed to exercise… But did you know that even if you do exercise, you can undo it just by sitting too much? You can actually sit yourself sick! What’s This Study About What’s the minimum break you have to take and how often do you have to do it to …
The holiday season is tough if you’re trying to lose weight. Most people will gain a few pounds with just a nibble here and bite or two over there. And losing weight isn’t easy, even in when the holidays are far behind us. But a recent study in the Lancet came up with one simple …
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health concern in the United States. Over 40 million adults in the U.S. (19.1%) have an anxiety disorder. Some studies show that approximately 33.7 percent of (3 in every 10) Americans will have an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. The go-to treatment for anxiety disorders …
Finally, the US is starting to make some headway in supporting midlife women. Kudos to Reps. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, and David McKinley, R-W.Va., who have introduced a bipartisan bill in Congress called The Menopause Research Bill, which will according to a West Virginia press release, “jumpstart research into finding new treatments for symptoms caused by …
Uterine fibroids, also called leiomyomas or myomas, are noncancerous muscle tumors that appear as growths either inside, within the walls of, or on the uterus. They are swirls of muscle fibers that are the uterine equivalent of knots in a pine tree and can be as small as a pea or as large as a basketball. And …
