menopause

Conditions

HRT: Risks and rewards of hormone replacement therapy

Estrogen deficiency is associated with increase in heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis and many other medical...

Wellness

Menopause: Celebrating the change

Hot flashes, insomnia and plummeting sexual desire can pull the plug on the joie de vivre for mid-life women. But wife-and-husband...

Conditions

Painful sex during menopause? Know your options

Results from a recent HealthyWomen survey show that the vaginal and sexual symptoms of menopause can have a negative impact on...

Movies & Reviews

Redbox DVD/Blu-Ray Report: Labor Day Weekend

With the fall 2011 TV season about to launch, Redbox, Netflix and OnDemand are flush with last season's fave shows, so you can play...

Conditions

Causes of hormonal imbalance in women

Menopause isn't the only cause of imbalanced body chemistry - lifestyle, medication and pregnancy can also throw off your body's...

Mom & Dad

Don't let menopause cause a divorce!

Women often find themselves divorced at the same time they're going through perimenopause and menopause. Why? Well, while there is...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Dueling hormones: When puberty and menopause collide

Now, more than ever, so many households are experiencing puberty and perimenopause and menopause (I call it PM&M for short) at the...

Sleep

The menopause and insomnia link

If going through the ups and downs of menopause weren’t enough, there’s another reason to worry. In a recent survey, 76 percent of...

Women's Health

Managing perimenopause: Orthopedic issues

Your joints may be achier, your muscles tighter, you may just feel a little more rickety. If you've been particularly active most of...

Women's Health

Managing menopause: Incontinence

After having a child, your pelvic floor is never quite the same. The first time you laughed hard or coughed and your underwear was...

Women's Health

Managing menopause: Skin and hair issues

The hormonal shifts of adolescence are well-known - if not legendary and somewhat feared. Hormones affect a child in every possible...

Women's Health

Managing menopause: The disappearing waistline

No matter how much you work out, no matter how many abdominal crunches you do, it gets harder to keep that tiny waistline as you get...

Women's Health

Managing menopause: Menstrual cycle changes

Do you remember the first couple years after you started menstruating? In those years, your cycle may have been a little irregular...

Women's Health

Managing menopause: Hot flashes

You might have seen the bumper sticker, "It's not a hot flash; it's a power surge!" And while you might have laughed at that in your...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Monday Mom challenge: Get support through perimenopause

If your childbearing years are over, it may have been a year or more since you last saw your OB/GYN. For a while now, you've had...