Around the time of menopause, many women are busy with raising children, paying for college, taking care of their aging parents, and a career. The stress from all the responsibilities is enough to affect their overall health. Menopause just adds more stress to their lives. Many women ignore to take care of themselves. They don’t [...]
Menopause can affect your mental health
Around the time of menopause, most women are experiencing extra stress in life. They’re juggling raising teenage children, paying for college, career, and caring for their aging parents, and go through hormonal changes. Midlife is often considered a period of increased risk for depression in women. Some women report mood swings, irritability, tearfulness, anxiety, and [...]
Most women don’t need medical treatments during menopause
Under most conditions, menopause is natural. Most women don’t need medical treatments. It happens on its own. However, some women need treatment because the symptoms bother them. Sometimes, though, menopause is medically induced, which means it’s caused by an operation or medication. If so, you should work closely with your doctor to feel comfortable and [...]
Sexual issues and menopause
In the years around menopause, you may experience changes in your sexual life. Some women say they enjoy sex more after they don’t have to worry about getting pregnant. Other women find that they think about sex less often or don’t enjoy it as much. Changes in sexuality at this time of life have several possible [...]
How bad is menopause?
We often hear the stories of hot flashes, mood swings, night sweats, and many other terrible things about menopause from our friends, mothers, relatives, and co-workers. Some of us who are approaching the mid 40s are terrifying about the upcoming changes to our bodies. There are some women who start experiencing these symptoms as early [...]
How to deal with hot flashes?
During menopause, the most common symptoms is hot flashes. Most women will experience it during the course of menopause. It can make your daily life difficult if you are juggling busy working schedule and running a household. It’s especially hard if you’re also a caregiver. There are a few tips to deal with it when [...]
Ways to feel better during menopause
If you need treatment for your symptoms, you and your doctor can work together to find a treatment that is best for you. Depression during the menopausal transition is treated in much the same way as depression that strikes at any other time life. If your mood is affecting your quality of life, here are [...]
Hot flashes may even last a few years after menopause
Many women get got flashes as part of their menopause symptoms. If you didn’t get it, then you are one of the few lucky ones. For the rest of us, just about everyone talks about and goes through it. Hot flashes happen around the time of menopause. They may be related to changing estrogen levels. [...]
Do natural menopause treatments work?
We often see ads for natural menopause supplement. They all seem great and promise to relieve hot flashes. The most common ones we see are soy based estrogen-like substances, and herbs such as dong quai. Do they actually help? Soy contains phytoestrogens which is estrogen-like substances from a plant. But, there is no proof that [...]
Hormone therapy should not be taken to prevent heart disease
Many women wonder whether they should take hormone therapy to prevent heart disease, osteoporosis, and the symptoms of menopause. The FDA advises that women should not take estrogen therapy to heart disease. Estrogen therapy was approved for the relief of hot flashes and other menopause symptoms. Although hormone therapy is effective for the prevention of [...]