by Michael Merschel, American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Thanks to information surrounding the menopause, almost everyone knows something about how age affects hormone levels—in women. But while menopause has launched a thousand hot-flash jokes, men have their own version. It’s called andropause, and though it’s less of a pop-culture presence, it’s a medical...
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Menopause, RSV, and More: 4 New Meds to Know
BOSTON — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 55 new medications in 2023 and 11 more in 2024 to date. During a presentation on April 18 at the annual American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting, Gerald Smetana, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...
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Menopause can bring increased cholesterol levels and other heart risks: Here’s why and what to do about it
by Treasure McGuire, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMenopause is a natural biological process that marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years, typically between 45 and 55. As women approach or experience menopause, common “change of life” concerns include hot flushes, sweats and mood swings, brain fog and fatigue. But many women may not...
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Researchers show that menopause does not always impact menopause
by Mass General Brigham Brigham and Women’s Hospital and collaborators concludes that menopause does not uniformly elevate the risk of depression and other mental health conditions. Credit: The LancetA new review paper from authors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and collaborators concludes that menopause does not uniformly elevate the risk of depression and other mental health...
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Menopause and migraines: New findings point to power of prevention
by University of Michigan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor middle-aged women plagued by migraines, or hot flashes and night sweats, another worry may linger in the backs of their minds: whether these experiences have set them up for a heart attack, a stroke or another cardiovascular crisis. After all, past research suggesting such a link during and...
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Q&A: Everything you ever wanted to know about menopause and perimenopause
by Anna Marie Yanny, Stanford University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It’s inevitable. About half of the world’s population awaits an unavoidable biological fate: menopause. As those of us who will experience the transition (including me) near our 50th birthday, our ovaries will essentially say “we’re done.” We run out of eggs and our estrogen hormone drops....
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Your sex life doesn’t have to suffer during menopause
by Ann Schreiber Our bodies are a stew of hormones and chemicals and enzymes and all sorts of exotic-sounding ingredients. For many women, this concoction bubbles along happily right through menopause. But for other women, it doesn’t take a chemist to know that something is out of whack. We get hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia—and...
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Managing menopause: Hormone therapy is back
by Canadian Medical Association Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hot flashes, night sweats and sleep disturbances are common symptoms of menopause that can affect health, quality of life and work productivity. A new review published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ ) recommends menopausal hormone therapy, historically known as hormone replacement therapy (HRT), as first-line treatment in people without risk factors....
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Why alcohol and menopause can be a dangerous mix
by Marty Velasco Hames Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hot flashes. Night sweats. Sleep problems. Weight gain. Menopause can seem like a rollercoaster with symptoms that can make life challenging. Could that glass of wine or cocktail be making menopausal symptoms even worse? Yes, according to experts. Dr. Juliana Kling with Mayo Clinic’s Women’s Health Center in Arizona says that...
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How menopause reshapes the brain
Heidi Ledford Illustration by María Corte When Naomi Rance first started studying menopause and the brain, she pretty much had the field to herself. And what she was discovering surprised her. In studies of post-mortem brains, she had found neurons in a region called the hypothalamus that roughly doubled in size in women after menopause1....