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Researchers show that menopause does not always impact menopause
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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...

Menopause and migraines: New findings point to power of prevention
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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...

Q&A: Everything you ever wanted to know about menopause and perimenopause
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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....

Your sex life doesn’t have to suffer during menopause
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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....

Why alcohol and menopause can be a dangerous mix
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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...

How menopause reshapes the brain
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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....

Could altering vaginal microbiome treat vaginal dryness and painful sex during menopause?
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Could altering vaginal microbiome treat vaginal dryness and painful sex during menopause?

by The North American Menopause Society Credit: CC0 Public Domain As women age, they are more susceptible to vaginal dryness and pain during intercourse because of vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA). A new study suggests that ospemifene and systemic hormone therapy both result in improving VVA symptoms and likely improve the vaginal microbiome by reducing potentially harmful...

Menopause-like symptoms may strike before the menopause transition
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Menopause-like symptoms may strike before the menopause transition

by The North American Menopause Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The menopause transition is often accompanied by a number of symptoms that can affect a woman’s overall quality of life, including hot flashes, sleep disturbances, and depression. A new study suggests that women may already experience some of these symptoms several years before menopause, during...

Women who think they have long Covid may actually be suffering from the menopause and need HRT, experts say
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Women who think they have long Covid may actually be suffering from the menopause and need HRT, experts say

By REBECCA WHITTAKER FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 06:03 EST, 29 December 2022 | UPDATED: 07:38 EST, 29 December 2022 Women who think they have long Covid could actually be going through the menopause, experts say. Doctors warn the symptoms for both — such as fatigue, muscle aches and brain fog — are very similar. The majority of long...