Menopausal weight gain – tips for menopause weight loss

Menopausal weight gain (also known as middle age spread) is common from about age 40 and onwards. At this time you may find yourself putting on weight or find that it becomes difficult to prevent weight gain post menopause even though you are still eating the same amount of food.
Causes of menopausal weight gain
Menopausal weight [...]

Menopause & Vaginal Dryness – Causes and treatments/ solutions

Vaginal dryness, irritation and burning are common symptoms of menopause which affect different women to varying degrees.
During and after menopause, estrogen levels continue to fall gradually until they stabilize at a new lower level. This means that vaginal dryness is usually not experienced until several years after menopause. The vaginal tissue depends on estrogen [...]

Sore breasts and sore nipples – post-ovulation, pregnant, perimenopause or menopause?

What causes sore nipples and breasts?

Sore nipples and/or sore breasts are something you may experience at various times in your reproductive cycle (don’t be frightened off by the big words!). They can mean various things depending on what’s going on in your body at that time. So let’s talk about what sore nipples and sore [...]

Having a hysterecomy? – 5 reasons to hang on to your ovaries

About 600 hysterectomies are performed in the U.S every year and about half or these are accompanied by removal of apparently normal ovaries. The reasoning behind this is that it reduces the occurrence of ovarian cancer, i.e. if your ovaries aren’t there, then they can’t become cancerous.
Ovarian cancer is not common – about 1 [...]

Sexuality after 40 – Use it or Lose it!

Sexuality in women over 40? Does it exist? For most people its really not an issue because if you’re over 40:

you’re probably not having any more kids so why should you be thinking of having sex?
you should have grown out of it and should be interested in more “down-to-earth” things.

Do younger women have sex just [...]

Osteoporosis

Of all the discomforts and inconvenience, both big and small, you may experience during menopause, one of the most important is osteoporosis.
What is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a condition in which there is less normal bone than expected for a woman’s age, with an associated increase in the risk of fractures. Essentially, the bones develop lots of [...]

Are there estrogen alternatives for bladder irritation?

Bladder irritation is one of the common symptoms associated with menopause. However, you may find it hard to complain about urinary (and vaginal) symptoms out of embarrassment. Unfortunately, many doctors will not ask you about them. If you manage to whip up the courage to discuss them, hormone replacement with a combination of synthetic estrogen [...]

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