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Can Exercise Help Alleviate Menopausal Symptoms?

Before you groan, "Oh no, not another person telling me I need to exercise!" hold on a minute. A recent study showed that two types of what-I-consider gentle exercise can help you through menopause. Of course you know exercise has other benefits as well, but you've been told that over and over so I won't beat you over the head about... Read moreChevron
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Misery Is Optional

Just months before I started the "change" - maybe 10 years ago - I read a story about a woman who was climbing Mt. Everest. She wasn't very happy to be there. She was always cold, and in the middle of the exhausting climb, which takes many days, she unexpectedly got her period and had absolutely no "equipment" with her to help her out. You can... Read moreChevron
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Black Cohosh for Hot Flashes: Miracle Herb or Hogwash... Hard to Know

Does black cohosh work? Most women who are approaching menopause or who are in it have heard friends talk about black cohosh, an herbal treatment that many women swear helps alleviate hot flashes.   But just like most herbal treatments and many FDA-approved drugs, it is controversial. A small but influential study on black cohosh and... Read moreChevron
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Desperately Seeking Alternatives… Advice on Herbal Supplements and Soy Products

You know what I love about women our age? They have an open mind and an open heart. Because of both, many of us are seeking alternative treatments to menopausal symptoms that cause us grief, like hot flashes. Maybe our "situation" forces us to be open-minded about trying new things. Heaven knows that during a terribly inconvenient hot flash or... Read moreChevron
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If You Have a Brain Like Swiss Cheese: Menopause and Memory Loss

One of the MOST ANNOYING symptoms of menopause is the forgetfulness that accompanies it. I have no idea what causes it physiologically but sometimes I feel like my brain is Swiss cheese-lots of holes and pretty dense. Perhaps like many of you, I forget why I was headed into a certain room, forget acquaintances' names when I see them at the... Read moreChevron

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