Menopause is a normal part of a healthy woman's life. It may not feel very normal, but it is. When you're having hot flashes day and night and gaining weight for no reason, getting headaches and forgetting little and big things, it's typical to feel like you're out of the mainstream of life, even that life is sorta passing you by. I know; I've felt that way too.
But there are larger issues at work than hot flashes and forgetting what you went into the kitchen to get. This is a turning point...
Most women going through menopause experience at least some degree of hot flashes. These usually begin with a sudden felling of heat... Read more »
Has menopause has got you down? The emotional swings, the crazy menstrual periods, the feeling that your mind is a blackboard that's... Read more »
Hey there, you with the hot flashes, night sweats, sleeplessness, and nasty moods—thinking about taking some hormones to ease the rocky... Read more »
My goal with my first few posts on this site is to go through the major symptoms of menopause and discuss strategies for coping with each... Read more »
Perhaps your first hint that you're approaching, or in, menopause is the hot flashes you get: feelings of intense heat all over your skin,... Read more »
A small study at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran has found that the herbal remedy St. John's wort may ease menopausal hot flashes.... Read more »
The fertility drug Cetrotide appears to reduce hot flashes in postmenopausal women, researchers in the Netherlands say. Cetrorelix blocks the brain... Read more »
A new study has found that the antidepressant Celexa (citalopram) can reduce the severity of hot flashes, at least in the short term. Other studies... Read more »
After reviewing 19 published studies, researchers say there is not enough evidence to prove that soy is effective at fighting hot flashes. Soy... Read more »
A new long-term study has found that women who have hot flashes at the start of menopause but not later seem to have a lower risk of heart attack or... Read more »
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