More than half of middle-aged women who still have regular cycles have hot flashes. Asian and Hispanic women are less likely to have them than white women, but compared with previous studies, the figures are surprisingly high, showed a survey of some 1,500 women published online in Menopause...
I’m going to be entering menopause soon. I don’t feel melancholy about this. I’m actually excited about aging, and yes, I realize that this goes against every societal norm that is shoved down our throats at any given moment, that women who are older should be lamenting the passing of their...
Women who abruptly and prematurely lose estrogen from surgical menopause have a two-fold increase in cognitive decline and dementia. "This is what the clinical studies indicate and our animal studies looking at the underlying mechanisms back this up," said Brann, corresponding author of the...
Are you past 40, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and wondering why you're still gaining weight? Many people might assume that they need more exercise or to avoid specific foods, but according to new research, it could actually be because of menopause. More »
Menopause Causes Weight Gain After...
The memory problems that many women experience in their 40s and 50s as they approach and go through menopause are both real and appear to be most acute during the early period of post menopause. That is the conclusion of a study which appears in the journal Menopause. "Women going through...
Obese, postmenopausal women are at greater risk for developing breast cancer and their cancers tend to be more aggressive than those in lean counterparts. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the December issue of the journal Cancer Research shows how this risk might be...
Hot flushes are not 'in the head,' but new research suggests they may start there; a UA research team has identified a region in the brain that may trigger the uncomfortable surges of heat most women experience in the first few years of menopause Hot flushes affect millions of people, and not...
I need to find away to save my family and my mother and father marriage.Since my mother has hit menopause she has well for a lack of a better word has been acting insane. All she does now is spit venom at people she says mean things she does not need to say such as telling my dad "O now you grow...
In true Rosanne Barr style, she wrote a really outspoken essay on the joys--and curses--of menopause. In here, Barr starts out talking about 53-year-old Madonna's recent episode of kissing her 24-year-old boyfriend in public and saying that one day the Material Girl will too dislike her body and...
Women still have hot flushes and night sweats years after the menopause finds a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Hot flushes and night sweats (HF/NS) are the main physical signs of the menopause, however their prevalence, frequency, severity...
World Menopause Day falls on 18th October. Menopause Societies worldwide will mark the day by focusing on the principle symptoms of the menopause, hot flushes and night sweats (collectively known as Vasomotor Symptoms, or VMS). The International Menopause Society will be issuing a state-of-the...
A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that postmenopausal women who smoke have higher androgen and estrogen levels than non-smoking women, with sex hormone levels being highest in heavy smokers. Previous...
A news study finds that the worse a woman's skin wrinkles are during the first few years of menopause, the lower her bone density is. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. "In postmenopausal women the appearance of the skin may offer a...
34 when she went througth it? so I guess it is genetic. anyway I am having trouble sleeping for the first time, and I have a bit of sleep apnea. I do not fall to sleep for hours when I get to bed and when I do it is only for a little while and then I go back to sleep for a few hours. I hate this...
My Shitzu has allergies and is taking Prednisone. She is 12 years old and may need to be on this medication the rest of her life. Thing is, the vet said she needs to be spayed because when she goes into heat, the medication can cause a uterus infection. If she has had menopause and doesn't go...
I am 52 and will be 53 in June. I believe I am finally going thru pre menopause and the only symptom I am having is irregular periods. I feel fine otherwise, no hot flashes,etc. My most recent period lasted for almost 2 weeks, pretty much just spotting, nothing heavy. I haven't seen my...