Category: Menopause

There are more and more women taking natural, herbal or plant based products to help with their menopausal symptoms. However there needs to be some caution taken as there is still little evidence to ascertain whether treatments such as these are helpful in relieving menopausal symptoms.
When suffering from menopausal symptoms, women should always ensure […]

When a woman goes through menopause there are many bodily changes occurring.  Because estrogen is decreasing at this time, there are many things that are physically and psychologically occurring.  Physically women may have vaginal irritation, infections, lack of sexual desire, and hot flashes.  Psychologically however women going through menopause may feel like they are losing […]

During the years that lead up to the menopause, also known as the perimenopause, a woman’s menstrual cycle becomes erratic. Women often bleed a lot heavier or lighter than usual.  However, you are not officially in the menopause until you have had 12 consecutive months without a period.
Cycles that are erratic are a sign of […]

When women experience menopause, there are a number of problems associated with that condition that begin to show up in their bodies. Most women experience hot flashes, night sweats, lack of ability to concentrate, headaches, serious joint problems, mood swings, and weight gain. One of the worst problems for women during this trying time, though, […]

Oestrogen deficiency can have such an adverse affect on women and it is important, especially now that people are living a lot longer, to consider what the long-term effects of this might be.
 
Prior to the onset of menopause, a woman’s risk of having heart disease is about one fifth of that of a man.  However, […]

Is it only women that go through the menopause?
 
What about men? 
 
Perhaps they too have something similar that affects them once they are in the fifties and beyond.
 
Technically, the word “menopause” means a cessation of menstrual bleeding.  In effect what this means is that the old biological clock has now stopped ticking and a woman […]

Every woman at some point in her life and if she lives long enough will experience the decline in her hormone production. The levels will fall below those required to continue her menstrual periods and they will eventually decrease. This decline is known as the menopause and is often welcomed by some women as it […]

What a lack of sexual desire, painful intercourse, and vaginal irritation throughout menopause, some women often wonder what sex after menopause will be like.  While this is something almost every woman wonders many hesitate to ask their doctors about the issue for several reasons.  First, women are less likely to talk about sex with their […]

When a woman goes through menopause there are many bodily changes occurring. Because estrogen is decreasing at this time, there are many things that are physically and psychologically occurring. Physically women may have vaginal irritation, infections, lack of sexual desire, and hot flashes. Psychologically however women going through menopause may feel like […]

During the years that lead up to the menopause, also known as the perimenopause, a woman’s menstrual cycle becomes erratic. Women often bleed a lot heavier or lighter than usual. However, you are not officially in the menopause until you have had 12 consecutive months without a period.
Cycles that are erratic are a sign […]