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 …
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 …
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 …
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 be even much more so for transgender women. Because they are transitioning from male …
Over 12 billion people have safely taken the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine First the facts! There have been more than 12.2 billion doses of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination given across 184 countries. That’s roughly 10.6 million doses a day. US citizens have been given almost 600 million doses so far, which is a daily average rate of 96,733 dosages. …
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. If more men did have the …
By 2025, 1.2 billion women will be in menopause Even though menopause is a natural transition that will happen to every women who lives long enough, women know much more about their first period than they do about their last one, a new survey reveals. As a menopause expert and menopause coach …
An article in the British Publication Mirror describes a Member of Parliament (MP) treated with antidepressants for 12 years before she was finally diagnosed as having menopause. After all that time, MP Carolyn Harris is finally weaning herself off of the antidepressants. According to her interview, she mood was so low that she wasn’t able …
Feeling anxious? Anxiety seems to be our new normal state. Watching the news for more than a few minutes ends up being a real adrenaline rush. Coronavirus, wildfires, inflation, shootings, Ukraine. Who can feel calm? Self-help author Wayne Dyer wrote, “You can’t always control what goes on outside you; but you can control …
Menopause symptoms can wreak havoc on midlife women’s quality of life. Now a new study suggests that if some of these symptoms are severe, it can affect a woman’s cognitive performance. The study, published in the journal Menopause, involved more than 400 women and is different because it compared the severity of certain menopause symptoms …
