Articles for tag: Menopause, Menopause Health Risks, Symptoms of Menopause, Vaginal Dryness

What Menopause Supplements Should You Take?

For women who are in their mid-30s onwards, the manifestations of menopause are already felt. You might consider its signs and symptoms to be part of your menstrual cycle but in actuality, you are already experiencing the appearance of menopausal. Luckily, there are menopause supplements that can help you go through the whole process of ...

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Treat Menopause Symptoms Without Hormones

Do you dread menopause? Have you heard horror stories from other women about how bad menopause symptoms can be? Are you concerned about the health risks of hormone replacement therapy for menopause symptoms? September is Menopause Awareness Month. Find out how to treat menopause symptoms without hormones. What Is Menopause? Menopause is simply the end ...

Understanding Pre-Menopause, Menopause, and Post Menopause

The landmark event all women dread, menopause, occurs when your ovaries stop producing estrogen and progesterone. Over time your monthly cycle comes to an end. That part is often a welcome relief, but the accompanying symptoms of menopause can be difficult. Hormone replacement therapy is available to help make the transition lest drastic. Some people ...

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Phytoestrogens, Phytohormones and Hormonal Modulation – Naturally

For women who suffer from PMS, perimenopause or even menopausal symptoms, the complications associated with irregular estrogen levels can render a woman unable to perform activities of daily living. For many women, the application of a proper diet, using foods that are known to possess properties known as “hormonal modulation”, can significantly reduce the complications ...

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Are You Going Crazy or is it Perimenopause?

As a women’s health blogger on the subject of perimenopause, I often hear from women who, when entering perimenopause, feel like they are going crazy. Certainly, when I began my own journey into perimenopause at the age of 41, I wondered the same thing myself. Unfortunately, perimenopause does not have a clearly defined beginning or ...

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Home Remedy for Menopause

In view of the elevated risk factors associated with HRT (hormone replacement therapy) many women are considering a home remedy for menopause symptom relief. At first blush, the casual observer might think that a home remedy for menopause is something that could be concocted in the family bathtub. The real definition is a little more ...

Menopause 101: Simple Answers to Basic Questions

1) What is menopause? Menopause is the final and irreversible termination of menstruation (aka menses, monthly periods). Menopause normally begins 12 months after the final menstruation. 2) What is perimenopause? Perimenopause (aka premenopause) is the transition period leading up to menopause. The duration of this transition can range from 2-5 to as long as 10-15 ...

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Physical and Emotional Challenges with Early Perimenopause

Health Issues For some women, the perimenopause stage is a wake-up call. Their bodies are changing and good health becomes a greater issue. For women in early perimenopause, this happens sooner and is sometimes unexpected. Perimenopause is the period around the onset of menopause when a woman first starts to notice physical symptoms. Menopause usually ...

Abnormal Bleeding During Menopause

Identification Abnormal vaginal or uterine bleeding is often mistaken for early or infrequent menstrual cycles. This type of bleeding can come from a number of health problems, mainly dealing with irregular hormonal levels and concerns in the uterus, ovaries or vagina. Spotting is actually a small amount of blood that comes out sporadically. This blood ...