Diabetes and Menopause, Diet & Nutrition, Menopause and Workplace
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...
Belly Fat, Diabetes, Diet & Nutrition, Nutrition, Weight Control, Weight loss
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...
Anxiety, anxiety disorder, Meditation, menopause symptoms
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...
Menopause and Work, Menopause and Workplace, Menopause in the Workplace, menopause symptoms, The Menopause Research Bill, working through menopause
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...
Food As Medicine, leiomyomas, Myomas, Nutrition
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...
Hormone Therapy, Menopause and Transgender Women, Menopause in the Workplace, menopause symptoms
Just completing the 2022 North American Menopause Society meeting held in Atlanta, October 12-15. One of the many interesting talks dealt with the menopause symptoms and challenges of transgender women. Hormone Therapy (HT) is confusing for cisgender women, but it can...
Hot Flashes, menopause and nurses, Menopause in the Workplace
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Menopause Society designated October as World Menopause Month. Women in Medicine Are Impacted by Menopause Although there is a lot of discussion about menopause among women in general, there is much less...
2022 NAMS HT Position Statement, Estrogen, Hormone Therapy, Menopause treatment
Before the year 2000, estrogen was the #1 prescribed medication in the United States. It was used by over 40% of all women in perimenopause and menopause, seemed safe, and doctors freely prescribed HT because it definitely improved the menopause symptoms it was...
Hormone Therapy, Hot Flashes, hot flashes in men, Menopause and Workplace, menopause symptoms
Hot flashes only occur in women, right? Not exactly. Up to 75% of men who are treated with hormone therapy for prostate cancer have hot flashes. It’s not something most people think about. But it is a common side effect in a very common cancer in men....
